- yorkish
- york·ish
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yorkish
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yorkish — kish adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: York, English royal house with reigning monarchs 1461 70 and 1471 85 (from York, city and county in northern England) + English ish : yorkist … Useful english dictionary
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Yorkshire fog — n. a fodder grass, Holcus lanatus. * * * noun tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage • Syn: ↑velvet grass, ↑Holcus lanatus • Hypernyms: ↑grass * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized Y … Useful english dictionary
Yorkshire grit — noun A grit from Yorkshire used for polishing • • • Main Entry: ↑Yorkish … Useful english dictionary
SHAPIRO, (Levi Joshua) LAMED — (1878–1948), Yiddish writer. Born in Rzhishchev (near Kiev), Shapiro, his early writings in hand, went to conquer Warsaw in 1896, but returned home two years later and supported himself by tutoring. In 1903, again in Warsaw, he published several… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
