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▪ I. yowt, n. Chiefly Sc.|jaʊt|
Forms: 6 ȝewt, ȝout(t, 9 yout(t, yowte, 8– yowt.
[f. next.]
A yell, yelp.
1552Lyndesay Monarche 6002 With mony ȝamer, ȝewt, and ȝell. 1567Satir. Poems Reform. iii. 189 Cerberus..Sall gar hir cry, with mony ȝout and ȝell. c1590J. Burel Pass. Pilgr. i. xxxvii. in Jas. Watson Coll. Scots Poems (1709) ii. 33 And vther sum with zouts and zells, Maist cairfully did cry. 1806R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 233 The sichts to see, the yowts to hear That stound upon mine ear.
▪ II. yowt, v. Chiefly Sc.|jaʊt|
Forms: 5 ȝowt, 6, 9 yout, 9 yowt.
[Cf. Flem. juyten ‘iubilare & vociferari & ouare’ (Kilian). Verbs of similar meaning and differing in form by the initial consonant are howt (hoot), rout v.2 and v.3, shout.]
intr. To yell, yelp, howl, bellow.
c1450Holland Howlat 102 To ȝowt and to ȝowle, As ane horrible Owle. 1528[see yowling vbl. n.]. 1808Jamieson s.v., A cow is said to yout, when she makes a noise. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 38 Yelpin' and youtin' in his face. 1848A. B. Evans Leicestersh. Wds. s.v. Yowt, I yeard the dogs yowting. |