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315 Yewl. A dung-fork. See Eval. CaUington. Yock, Yerk, or Yolk. The greasy impurity of a sheep's fleece. c. Yockj or Yuck. To hiccough. Trying to swallow when the mouth is empty, is called " giving a yock. Yeox. Saxon. Yoxe. Chaucer. Zacky. See Cousin-Jacky. Zam. See Sam. Zam-zodden^ or Zam-zoddered. See Sam- sawdered. Zang. See Sang. Zape^ or Zapy. A blockhead, a fool. Zawkemin^ or Zawkin. Stupid, thickheaded. Zawker. A dull stupid fellow. Zawn. A hole in the cliff through which the sea passes. (A cave where the tide flows in. Dr, Bannister.) Spelt Sawan by Polwhele and Pryce. Borlase says Zawn is Celtic Cornish for a creek. Zeer. Worn out, aged, withered, sere. {Sere, dry, Chaucer.) ZeSS, or SeSS, A great fat woman. From the Latin sus, a sow, a pig, a hog. ZeW. "To work alongside a lode before breaking it down." Garland. From the Celtic Cornish sewe or SGwye, to follow, to pursue.