vbl. sb. Obs. Forms: 5 yelyng, 5–6 yilyng(e, 6 yailinge, yeleinge, 7 yelling. Variant of GYLING vbl. sb.

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c. 1440.  Inv., in Camden Misc. (1895), IX. p. xviii. Unum yilyngfatte.

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1488–9.  Rep. MSS. Ld. Middleton (Hist. MSS. Comm., 1911), 471. iiij. yelyng tubbys.

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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.

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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.

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