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Holk vs Yolk - What's the difference?

holk | yolk |

As nouns the difference between holk and yolk

is that holk is a hollow cavity while yolk is the yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

As a verb holk

is to dig out; make hollow; hollow out.

holk

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hollow cavity.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.
  • To dig; dig into; pierce; penetrate; investigate; poke.
  • To dig up; excavate.
  • * 1908 , University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Studies , Volume 35, page 96,
    • The Sessioune perceiving gryt perell through the burieing of people in the kirkyaird of thair perroche kirk and within the kirk itself by raising of grene graivis and holking under the kirk vall undermynding of the samyne ordanis fra this furth that na persone presume to mak graivis within the precinct thairof or yit to burie any persone within the boundis of the samine.

    yolk

    English

    (wikipedia yolk)

    Alternative forms

    * yelk (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
    • To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk .
  • The grease in a sheep's fleece.
  • * 1846 , The Cultivator (page 270)
    • Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool is increased from the greater weight which it possesses by being charged with this substance