a. rare. [f. YORK sb. + -ISH1.] = YORKIST 1 b.

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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.

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1634.  Ford, Perkin Warbeck, I. i. Idolls of Yorkish malice.

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1829.  Scott, Anne of G., xxiv. Does Burgundy prepare to … make common cause with this Yorkish host against King Louis of France?

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1884.  Leisure Hour, Feb., 102/2. All colours being admissible except the Yorkish white.

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