yelk
Americannoun
noun
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Yolk, yōk, Yelk, yelk, n. the yellow part of an egg: the vitellus of a seed: wool-oil.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Prepare it as before, score the top, wash it over with the yelk of an egg, sprinkle some salt, and cover it with bread crumbs, bake it, and pour caper sauce in the dish.
From The Virginia Housewife by Randolph, Mary
New cells are gradually formed from the nourishing yelk around the germ, each being at first roundish in shape, and having a spot near the centre, called the nucleus.
From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther
There was apparently nothing remarkable about it, but by unscrewing, it came apart, and disclosed the yelk of gold.
From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard
The layer of organic units lying in contact with the yelk must be those through which the yelk is absorbed; and so must be adapted to the absorbent office.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
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