An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

YIELD OF THE DAY, the influence of the sun; also the height of the day, Ang.

From E. yield, as denoting that the frost gives way.

YILL, s. Ale, S. O. and A.
Burns.

A. S. eale, id.

Yill-wife, s. A woman who brews and sells ale, S.
Gl. Sibb.

To Yill, v. a. To entertain with ale, a term commonly used by the vulgar, S. O. to denote one special mode in which a lover entertains his Dulcinea at a fair or market.

YIM, s. A particle, an atom; the smallest portion of any thing, Ang.; at times pron. as if nyim; perhaps q. ane yim.

Su. G. em, im, ime, vapour; Isl. hióm, the most minute object.

To YYM, v. a. To keep.

Yimmit, kept.
V. [Yeme].