a. rare. [f. YORK sb. + -ISH1.] = YORKIST 1 b.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. VI., 171 b. As the Iewes disdayned the company of the Samaritans, so the Lancastrians abhorred the familiaritie of Yorkysh lynage.
1634. Ford, Perkin Warbeck, I. i. Idolls of Yorkish malice.
1829. Scott, Anne of G., xxiv. Does Burgundy prepare to make common cause with this Yorkish host against King Louis of France?
1884. Leisure Hour, Feb., 102/2. All colours being admissible except the Yorkish white.