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yolk
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Word definitions for yolk in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. 2 The grease in a sheep's fleece.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English geolca , geoloca "yolk," literally "the yellow part," from geolu "yellow" (see yellow (adj.)). Formerly also spelled yelk .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yolk \Yolk\ (y[=o]lk or y[=o]k; 277), n. [OE. yolke, yelke, [yogh]olke, [yogh]elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See Yellow .] [Written also yelk .] The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. (Zo["o]l.) An oily secretion which naturally covers ...
Usage examples of yolk.
Through the ripples of the water Addle could see the sun quivering like the yolk of an egg.
Dip into a little aspic jelly or melted gelatine and arrange the quarters in the form of a circle, with the yolks outside.
Flake with a fork, and mix with Bechamel Sauce to which has been added the yolks of four eggs well-beaten, half a cupful of grated Parmesan cheese, and lemon-juice and grated nutmeg to season.
Season with paprika or a dash of cayenne, and when thoroughly heated stir in the yolks of two eggs, diluted with a little hot cream.
Take from the fire, season with salt and cayenne, add the beaten yolk of an egg, and serve.
After a lot of jiggling, a fuzzy dot centered itself, grew in size, and sharpened into the image of a feathery coil of light with a golden yolk at the center.
Press through a colander and put into a pint of boiling milk, thickened with a tablespoonful each of butter and flour, dilute this with soup stock or chicken broth, and just before taking up add the yolks of two eggs well beaten and two tablespoonfuls of cream.
Press into the spinach on each round of bread a quarter of a hard-boiled egg cut lengthwise, having the yolk uppermost.
He was eating eggs and white manchet, just as he had through the months before we left for the Common, spooning the yolk onto his bread and pressing salt into the yolk in precisely the same way.
Mash the fish and mix with two cupfuls of mashed potatoes, pepper to season, and the yolks of two eggs well beaten.
Add a tablespoonful each of lemon-juice chopped pickles, and capers, a teaspoonful each of minced parsley and mustard, and the mashed yolk of a hard-boiled egg.
Cover with the sauce and put the egg yolks through a ricer into the center.
Press the cheese through a potato ricer or sieve, then add the sugar, salt, butter, lemon juice, and the egg yolks well beaten and mixed with the milk.
Sam Vimes said you probably like the yolk runny and some toast cut up into soldiers.
Instead, there was a noise like scissors closing and the air rained runny yolk and bits of shell.