Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

"Yote" or "Yeot"

By GRIFFIN.

You may inform B. that *Yote* or *Yeot* is only provincial pronunciation of *Yate* or *Gate*, a way or road. The channel made to conduct melted metal into the receptacle intended for it, is called a gate.

Topics: Provincial Pronunciation, Linguistics, Metalworking