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Yoke
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- 1 A language spoken in Indonesia
- 1 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
"Thy seruant in walking thy pastures aboute: / for yokes, forkes and rakes, let him loke to finde oute. / And after at leyser let this be his hier: / to trimme them and make them at home by the fier."
- 2 Misspelling of yolk. alt-of, misspelling
- 3 radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Y.
- 4 stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team wordnet
- 5 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
"Steam Engines. […] The valve rods are coupled by connecting-rods […] and yokes[…], to eccentrics[…]."
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- 6 fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment wordnet
- 7 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
"And whenever to rest she her buckets set down, / She jingled her yokes to and fro, / And her yokes she might jingle till morn—a rude clown, / Ere he it seem'd offered to go."
- 8 a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together wordnet
- 9 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
- 10 support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end wordnet
- 11 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.; A similar device used as a game controller.
- 12 a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke wordnet
- 13 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
"Nothing says you're a dedicated lifter and true athlete more than a massive yoke—that is, the muscles of the neck, traps, and rear delts."
- 14 two items of the same kind wordnet
- 15 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
"The country children thereabouts wore their dresses to their shoe-tops, but this city child was dressed in what was then called the "Kate Greenaway" manner, and her red cashmere frock, gathered full from the yoke, came almost to the floor."
- 16 an oppressive power wordnet
- 17 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
- 18 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- 19 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
- 20 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
"A light whale-boat, handsomely painted, and fitted out with stern seats, yoke, tiller-ropes, &c. hung on the starboard quarter, and was used as the gig. […] The bow-man had charge of the boat-hook and painter, and the coxswain of the rudder, yoke, and stern-sheets."
- 21 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.; A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung. US
- 22 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement. historical
- 23 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier. historical
"Strong yoke for a hog, with a twicher and rings, / with tar in a tarpot, for dangerous things: […]"
- 24 Senses relating to a frame around the neck.; Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation. Ancient-Rome, historical
"[H]is will and pleaſure was they ſhould paſſe all under the yoke or gallows: the maner wherof is this. They took three ſpears or javelins, and ſet two of them pitched in the ground endlong, and their overthwart faſtned unto the other. Under this kind of gallows the Dictator compelled the Æquians to go."
- 25 Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.; A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something. historical
"I have bought fyve yooke of oxẽ [oxen]⸝ ãd I must goo to prove thẽ⸝ I praye the have me excuſed."
- 26 Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.; A pair of things linked in some way. archaic
"[T]heſe that accuſe him in his intent towards our wiues, are a yoake of his diſcarded men: very rogues, now they be out of ſeruice."
- 27 Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.; A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle. Ireland, Scotland
"[…] I missed the train home and I couldn't get any kind of a yoke to give me a lift for, as luck would have it, there was a mass meeting that same day over in Castletownroche and all the cars in the country were there."
- 28 Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.; A miscellaneous object; a gadget. Ireland, informal
"These three yokes [AK-47s] we're throwin' them up to them [CIRA]^([sic]) either way…"
- 29 Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.; A chap, a fellow. Ireland, informal
- 30 Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.; A pill of a psychoactive drug. Ireland, slang
- 31 Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.; An area of arable land, specifically one consisting of a quarter of a suling, or around 50–60 acres (20–24 hectares); hence, a small manor or piece of land. Kent, archaic
"Of this ſuling Ralph de Curbeſpine holds one yoke and an half, which is and was worth ſeparately ten ſhillings. Adelold had half a ſuling and half a yoke, and in the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor it was worth 40 ſhillings, and afterwards 20 ſhillings, now 40 ſhillings."
- 32 Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.; An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work. England, Kent, Scotland, also, especially, historical
"to work two yokes"
- 33 Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.; A bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people. figuratively
"[I]n companions / That do conuerſe and waſte the time together, / Whoſe ſoules do beare an equall yoke of loue, / There muſt be needs a like proportion / Of lineaments, of manners, and of ſpirit […]"
- 34 Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.; Something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden. figuratively
"Their mothers bed-chamber ſhould not be ſafe, / For theſe baſe bond-men to the yoake of Rome."
- 1 To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal. transitive
"Bubulcus, […] An oxeheard, or coweheard: a driuer of oxen and kine: he that yoketh oxen, and […] goeth to plowe with them."
- 2 put a yoke on or join with a yoke wordnet
- 3 To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms. transitive
- 4 link with or as with a yoke wordnet
- 5 To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something. transitive
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- 6 become joined or linked together wordnet
- 7 To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement. historical, transitive
- 8 To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier. historical, transitive
- 9 To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite. figuratively, transitive
"Oh then, my beſt blood turne / To an infected Gelly, and my Name / Be yoak'd with his, that did betray the Beſt: […]"
- 10 To bring into or keep (someone) in bondage or a state of submission; to enslave or subject to confine, to restrain; to oppress, to subjugate. figuratively, transitive
"For thys frayltie, that yoketh all mankynde, / Thou shalt awake, and rue this mysereye: / Rue on Syon."
- 11 To be joined to (another person) in wedlock (often with the implication that it is a burdensome state); to be or become married to (someone). Scotland, archaic, transitive
"God ſir be a man, / Thinke euery bearded fellow, that's but yoak'd, / May draw with you, […]"
- 12 To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with. intransitive
"[I]f you will paſſe / To where you are bound, you muſt enquire your way, / Which you are out of, with a gentler ſpirit, / Or neuer be ſo Noble as a Conſull, / Nor yoake with him for Tribune."
- 13 To be or become joined in wedlock; to be married, to wed. Scotland, intransitive, obsolete
"God forbid, that I ſhould wiſh them ſeuer'd, / Whom God hath ioyn'd together: / I, and 'twere pittie, to ſunder them, / That yoake ſo well together."
Etymology
From Middle English yok, yoke, ȝok from Old English ġeoc (“yoke”), from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”), from *yewg- (“to join; to tie together, yoke”). Doublet of yuga, jugum, yoga and possibly yogh. Senses 3.1 (“area of arable land”) and 3.2 (“amount of work done with draught animals”) probably referred to the area of land that could generally be ploughed by yoked draught animals within a given time.
From Middle English yoken, yoke, ȝoken (“to put a harness or yoke on a draught animal or pair of such animals, to yoke; to attach (an animal to a cart, plough, etc.) with a yoke; to lock (arms) in wrestling; to bind (oneself or someone) to something”) [and other forms], from Old English ġeocian, iucian, from Old English ġeoc (“yoke”) (see etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns).
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