vbl. sb. Obs. Forms: 5 yelyng, 56 yilyng(e, 6 yailinge, yeleinge, 7 yelling. Variant of GYLING vbl. sb.
c. 1440. Inv., in Camden Misc. (1895), IX. p. xviii. Unum yilyngfatte.
14889. Rep. MSS. Ld. Middleton (Hist. MSS. Comm., 1911), 471. iiij. yelyng tubbys.
1556. Lanc. Wills (Chetham Soc., 1884), 14. On yilynge toobe and on saltynge toobe. Ibid. (1573), 64. One brewinge keare and a troghe for ye same, ijs. A yailinge keare, xijd. Ibid. (1588), (1861), III. 137. One yeleinge combe vs.
1688. Holme, Armoury, III. 319/2. The Yelling Comb or Tub is that Vessel into which the Wort is put to Work with the Yeast, or Bearm.