york, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

york v.

[? Cheshire dial. york, to pierce, or the stereotyped Yorkshireman’s shrewd appraisal]

to stare at; thus yorking n.

1812		Vaux Vocab. of the Flash Lang. in McLachlan (1964) 280: york To stare or look at any person in an impertinent manner, is termed yorking.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1830		Egan Finish to the Adventures of Tom and Jerry (1889) 133: The blades are all in raptures, yorking at Nell with sighs!