yiten.
/jʌɪt/ dialect.
The yellow-hammer, Emberiza citrinella.
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yellowhammer1538
yellow ham1544
yowlring1544
goldhammer1611
yellow-pate1612
yellow ambird1657
yorling1679
yoldring1699
goldspink1785
yowley1797
yite1812
devil's bird1837
writing master1840
ammer1843
goldie1865
1812 P. Forbes Poems 104 Herryin' linties, yites an' kays.
1830 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianæ l, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 918 Lark, lintie, yellow-yite,..shilfa, and goldfinch.
1888 J. M. Barrie Auld Licht Idylls ii. 54 I have known a black-fishing expedition stopped because a ‘yellow yite’, or yellowhammer, hovered round the gang when they were setting out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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