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Webster 1913 Edition

Yelk

Yelk

,
Noun.
Same as
Yolk
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yelk

YELK

,
Noun.
[See Gold and Yellow.] The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. It is sometimes written and pronounced yolk, but yelk is the proper word. Yolk is a corruption.

Definition 2024

yelk

yelk

English

Noun

yelk ‎(plural yelks)

  1. Obsolete form of yolk.

Usage notes

  • Some 19th-century authorities regarded this as the correct spelling.
    • 1828, Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language, "yelk":
      It is sometimes written and pronounced yolk, but yelk is the proper word. Yolk is a corruption.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛlk/

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