Definition of yoke

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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..

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Yoke :: Yoke (n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
Yokeage :: Yokeage (n.) See Rokeage.
Yokemate :: Yokemate (n.) Same as Yokefellow.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
Yokefellow :: Yokefellow (n.) An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage..
Yoke-toed :: Yoke-toed (a.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers..
Poke :: Poke (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward..
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..
Adjugate :: Adjugate (v. t.) To yoke to.
Unyoke :: Unyoke (v. t.) To loose or free from a yoke.
Rokee :: Rokee (n.) Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also yokeage..
Yokel :: Yokel (n.) A country bumpkin.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon..
Outspan :: Outspan (v. t. & i.) To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon..
Underyoke :: Underyoke (v. t.) To subject to the yoke; to make subject.
Inspan :: Inspan (v. t. & i.) To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
Abjugate :: Abjugate (v. t.) To unyoke.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence..
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