yelk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛlk/

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.

Anagrams

• Kyle, Lyke, kyle, lyke