dial. Also yeite, yoit. [Obscure.] The yellow-hammer, Emberiza citrinella.
1812. P. Forbes, Poems 104 (E.D.D.). Herryin’ linties, yites an’ kays.
1830. J. Wilson, Noctes Ambr., Wks. 1856, III. 4. Lark, lintie, yellow-yite,… shilfa, and goldfinch.
1888. Barrie, Auld Licht Idylls, ii. 54. I have known a black-fishing expedition stopped because a ‘yellow yite,’ or yellowhammer, hovered round the gang when they were setting out.
