Definition of yoke

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Yoke (n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape..

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Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke..
Yoke :: Yoke (v. i.) To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen..
Yokelet :: Yokelet (n.) A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.
Unyoke :: Unyoke (v. t.) To part; to disjoin; to disconnect.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
Teamed :: Teamed (a.) Yoked in, or as in, a team..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
Misyoke :: Misyoke (v. t.) To yoke improperly.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain..
Abjugate :: Abjugate (v. t.) To unyoke.
Yokefellow :: Yokefellow (n.) An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage..
Unyoke :: Unyoke (v. t.) To loose or free from a yoke.
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..
Underyoke :: Underyoke (v. t.) To subject to the yoke; to make subject.
Zygodactylous :: Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt..
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