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58 words match “YOKE”

YOKE n. 15 definitions
together. A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. Pope.
YOKE-TOED a.
Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.
YOKEAGE n.
See Rokeage. [Local, U. S.]
YOKEFELLOW n.
cially, a partner in marriage. Phil. iv. 3. The two languages [English and French] became yokefellows in a still more intimate manner. Earle. Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless for a companion and yokefellow. Addison.
YOKEL n.
A country bumpkin. [Eng.] Dickens.
YOKELET n.
A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it. [Prov. Eng.]
YOKEMATE n.
Same as Yokefellow.
DISYOKE v.
To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] R. Browning.
MISYOKE v.
To yoke improperly.
UNDERYOKE v.
To subject to the yoke; to make subject. Wyclif.
UNYOKE v. 2 definitions
To loose or free from a yoke. "Like youthful steers unyoked, they take their courses." Shak.
UNYOKED a. 3 definitions
Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.
ABJUGATE v.
To unyoke. [Obs.] Bailey.
ADD v.
tion. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. "I will add to your yoke." 1 Kings xii. 14.
ADJUGATE v.
To yoke to. [Obs.]
BENEATH prep.
o something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak.
BOW n.
The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
CONJUGATE a.
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
DELIVER v.
shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5. Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. Milton.
EXERCISE n.
on confided by the constitution to the legislature. Jefferson. O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. Tennyson.
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