Definition of yoke

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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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Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service..
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 crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Pair :: Pair (n.) Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen..
Yokel :: Yokel (n.) A country bumpkin.
Yoked :: Yoked (imp. & p. p.) of Yok.
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..
Yokeage :: Yokeage (n.) See Rokeage.
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..
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..
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.
Misyoke :: Misyoke (v. t.) To yoke improperly.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Licentious; unrestrained.
Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..
Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen..
Teamed :: Teamed (a.) Yoked in, or as in, a team..
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