Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
ale .
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- noun obsolete
Ale .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sine as ye brew, my maiden fair, Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill.
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Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, keep mind that Ye maun drink the yill!
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Syne bottles o 'sma' yill, and baups for his kite;
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847
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Under such a load of ill, he, like many others, sought for consolation in the "yill cups;" and any errand which served as a pretext to visit the town of Ayr, renewed his worship to the
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 475, February 5, 1831
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I am gone trust in the lord if you yill help me the Lord will pay you I am with donfident I am not a loafer If my fare is advance up their it a written contract that I will work it out.
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"Na, na," said Betty, "far frae that; I only want your kin 'han' to get in yill again as they can drink."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829
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He ordered Donald to accompany me, giving as his reason: "For he kens the English fine when the spirit of understanding is on him, and ye'll easy get it on him by raxing him a crack in the wame, same as ye did back yonder at the yill-house."
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(She lowered her voice.) "Ye mun ken, Sir, that o 'a' the leddies frae the Lammermuir, that hae been comin 'and gaen, there was an auld rudas wife this fair, an' I'm certie she's witched the yill; and ye mun just look into ye'r buiks, an 'tak off the withchin!"
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829
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The clachan yill had made me canty, [village age, cheerful]
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After many "How are ye, Jims's" and mutual speirings over a "bit mouthful of yill" -- so they phrased it; but that was a meiosis, for they drank five quarts -- they fell to a serious discussion of the commercial possibilities of Scotland.
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