north. dial. [? f. YOWLRING + -ey, -Y3.] A yellow-hammer.
1797. Bewick, Brit. Birds, I. 143. Yellow Bunting. Yellow Hammer, or Yellow Yowley.
1862. Tyneside Songs (1863), 56. They’ve a bunch ov hair upon their jaws Just like a yowley’s nest.
north. dial. [? f. YOWLRING + -ey, -Y3.] A yellow-hammer.
1797. Bewick, Brit. Birds, I. 143. Yellow Bunting. Yellow Hammer, or Yellow Yowley.
1862. Tyneside Songs (1863), 56. They’ve a bunch ov hair upon their jaws Just like a yowley’s nest.
