yask n. and v.
local variant of yesk, yex.
| 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Baailler, to gape, yaske, to yawne. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Yask, a term used to express the sound made by a violent effort to get quit of something in the throat. |