English Dictionary: yokel | by the DICT Development Group |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.] (Zo[94]l.) The European green woodpecker ({Picus, [or] Genius, viridis}). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also {eccle}, {hewhole}, {highhoe}, {laughing bird}, {popinjay}, {rain bird}, {yaffil}, {yaffler}, {yaffingale}, {yappingale}, {yackel}, and {woodhack}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yockel \Yock"el\, n. [Cf. {Yokel}.] (Zo[94]l.) The yaffle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yokel \Yo"kel\, n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.] A country bumpkin. [Eng.] --Dickens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yuckel \Yuck"el\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Yockel}. |