14.. Norwich Corporation Records (Halliw.) Pens of topens fabricatis de ære vocatis brasenpens, secundum formam et similitudinem denar. vocat. Yorkpens.

1653 J. Cleveland Upon Phillis Walking 26 Poems 22 And he that for their colour seeks, May find it vaulting in her cheeks, Where Roses mix: no civill war Between her York and Lancaster.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 62/2 The York and Landcaster Rose, is half white, half red in the leaves: but in Herauldry it is a white Rose, in a red Rose.

1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. under House of Tudor I. i. 4 Henry himself..had imbibed a violent antipathy to the York party.

1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. under House of Tudor I. i. 8 The retainers of the York family.

1837 T. Rivers Rose Amateur's Guide 12 The true York and Lancaster Rose is a Damask Rose.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. vi. 28 She's a wild-Irish borne! Sir, and a Hybride, That..studies Vincent against Yorke.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 26 The six heralds are Windsor, Chester, Lancaster, York, Richmond, and Somerset, who take place according to seniority in office.

1824 Microscope (Albany, N.Y.) 27 Mar. in Thornton Dict. Amer. The bill amounted to the enormous sum of one York shilling for each gentleman.

1883 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. York shilling, a name in Western Canada for the English sixpence.

1864 Nor' Wester (Red River Settlement) 26 Apr. 2/5 Gentlemen of practical experience gave their opinion that the present York boats (bateaux) could be used for the transportation of goods from Lake of the Woods to Lake Superior with as little difficulty as is encountered between this place and York Factory.

1909 G. Bryce Romantic Settlement Lord Selkirk's Colonists 71 The birch-bark canoe is a mere trifle on the portage, but the heavy York boat capable of carrying three or four tons is a clumsy lugger.

1971 R. Russell Carlton Trail 10 The company hired Scotsmen, Metis, and Indians to man brigades of York Boats.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 568/2 Yark, a strap or piece of string to fasten the trousers to keep them free from mud. [Cites a quot. with ‘yerks’.]

1958 K. Etheridge Welsh Costume 66 When kneeling at the coal-face, dirt and small coal are apt to get inside the trouser-leg... Tying of the trouser leg just below the knee prevents this. A piece of string, or a leather strap..may be used for this. The strap..is called a ‘york’.

1967 Listener 19 Oct. 504/3 The ‘tyings’ or straps worn below the knees..are, or were, used by the South Wales colliers, whose term for them is ‘yorks’.

1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! III. 12 Mr. Flint, who played the Fool, wore moleskin trousers tied with ‘yorks’.

1984 Guardian Weekly 22 Jan. 4/2 They wore corduroy trousers fastened below the knee with leather straps (‘yarks’ is the technical name).

1882 C. F. Pardon Australians in Eng. 42 Butler was ‘yorked’ the second ball he received.

1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 169 I'm never frightened of him; he is always trying to ‘york’ you, and bowls any amount of half-volleys.

1904 Daily Chron. 19 July 7/3 The ball that bowled Tunnicliffe started its flight a foot outside the off stump, at the finish it ‘yorked’ the middle stump.

1960 R. Williams Border Country 258 The thongs which yorked the trouser legs just below the knees.

1969 M. Harris Kind of Magic 178 He always wore thick brown cord trousers yorked up below the knee with leather straps, and his face was the colour of a bit of old leather.