▪ I. yelloch, n. Sc.
(ˈjɛləx)
Forms: 6 ȝelloch, ȝalloch, 7 yellough, 9 yill-, yelloch.
[app. f. yell with symbolic ending: cf. belloch, skelloch.]
A yell.
| 1513 Douglas æneis xii. xiv. 100 With a ȝelloch [v.r. ȝalloch] and cairfull womentyng. 1697 Cleland Poems 17 His brains with shouts and yelloughs tumbled. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Let. xi, Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr'd the castle rock. 1880 Antrim & Down Gloss. |
▪ II. yelloch, v. Sc.
(ˈjɛləx)
Also 8 yellowch, 9 yello.
[f. prec.]
intr. To yell; trans. to utter with a yell. Hence ˈyelloching vbl. n.
| 1773 Fergusson Hallowfair viii, Than there's sic yellowchin and din, Wi' wives and wee-anes gablin. 1821 Scott Pirate xxx, An auld useless carline, called Tronda Drons⁓daughter,..yelloched and skirled. |