yilln.
/jɪl/ Scottish.
= ale n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun]
aleeOE
cervoisec1487
strong barley water1625
Darbya1637
nappy1705
yill1787
nut-brown1828
1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook iii, in Poems (new ed.) 56 The Clachan yill had made me canty.
?a1800 Bonnie Earl o' Murry in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 449/2 Her bread it's to bake, Her yill is to brew.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 302 If they offer ye a drink o' yill, or a cup o' wine.
1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 98 The guests in the sanded kitchen were content with twopenny bottles of ‘yill’.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations, as yill-caup [cap n.3] , yill-house, yill-maker, yill-making, yill-seller, yill-selling, yill-shop, yill-wife (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.).
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1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xviii, in Poems 49 The Change-house fills, Wi' yill-caup Commentators.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 13 Chiels wi' sooty skins, an' yill-caup een.
1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 59 Ye're welcome neighbour yill wives here.
Derivatives
yill v. (transitive) to entertain with ale.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > supply with specific drink
caudle1649
yill1808
whisky1830
toddyise1836
cocktail1861
wine1862
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Yill, v.a., to entertain with ale, a term commonly used by the vulgar..to denote one special mode in which a lover entertains his Dulcinea at a fair or market.
1890 J. Service Thir Notandums ii. 11 He forgot..to bid Maggie..to the yuillin'.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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