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Cf. yon.] Our pleasant labour to reform Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green. Milton , P. L., iv. 626. Sweet Emma More land of yonder town Met me walking on yonder way. Tennyson, Edward Gray. yongt, yonghedet, yongtht, etc. Obsolete forms of young, etc. yonkert, n. An obsolete spelling of younker. yook (yök), v. and n. Same as yuck. yoop (yöp), n. [Imitative; cf. whoop1, cloop, etc.] A word imitative of a hiccuping or sobbing sound. [Rare.] There was such a scuffling, and hugging, and ki ing, and crying, with the hysterical yoops of Mi Swartz,. as no pen can depict. ، Thackeray, Vanity Fair. yopon (yo'pon), n . Same as yapon . yorel (yor), adv . [ geára , of yore, formerly an adverbial gen. of time, lit. of years,' gen. pl. of gear , year: see year .] In time past; long ago; in old time: now used only in the phrase of yore - that is, of old time; long ago. A man may serven bet and more to pay In half a yer, althow it were no more, Than sum man doth that hath served ful yore. Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 476. Whan Adam had synnyd, thou seydest yore That he xulde deye and go to helle. Coventry Mysteries , p. 107. In Times of yore an ancient Baron liv'd. Prior, Henry and Emma. Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore , there now was reared a tall naked pole. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 58.