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yoke
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yoke
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Yoke
(gcide) | Yoke \Yoke\ (y[=o]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to
D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth.
juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr.
yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. ?, Skr. yui. [root]109,
280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate,
Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]
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1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the
heads or necks for working together.
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A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke,
Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope.
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Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber
hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on
the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two
bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the
timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat
piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by
thongs about the horns.
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2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
Specifically:
(a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for
carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a
milkmaid's yoke.
(b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a
pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
(c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for
ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
(d) 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.
(e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
(f) (Arch.) 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.
(g) (Dressmaking) 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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3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a
bond connection.
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Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . .
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.
--Chaucer.
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This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden.
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4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage;
service.
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Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi.
30.
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5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work
together.
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I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them. --Luke xiv.
19.
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6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
[Obs.] --Gardner.
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7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that
is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and
afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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8. (Chiefly Mach.) A clamp or similar piece that embraces two
other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or
relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to
the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently
connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a
dynamo.
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Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig.
Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus
Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used
for making yokes for cattle.
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Yoke
(gcide) | Yoke \Yoke\, v. i.
To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to
consort closely; to mate.
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We 'll yoke together, like a double shadow. --Shak.
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Yoke
(gcide) | Yoke \Yoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yoked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Yoking.]
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1. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke
oxen, or pair of oxen.
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2. To couple; to join with another. "Be ye not unequally
yoked with unbelievers." --2 Cor. vi. 14.
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Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb. --Shak.
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3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to
confine.
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Then were they yoked with garrisons. --Milton.
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The words and promises that yoke
The conqueror are quickly broke. --Hudibras.
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yoke
(wn) | yoke
n 1: fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
2: an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they
threw off the yoke of domination"
3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome,
twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich,
duo, duet, dyad, duad]
4: a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke
of oxen"
5: support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders
that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
6: a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so
they move together [syn: yoke, coupling]
7: stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they
can work together as a team
v 1: become joined or linked together
2: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn:
yoke, link]
3: put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses
together" [ant: unyoke] |
yoke
(devil) | YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe
one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that
defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy.
A thousand apologies for withholding it.
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holyoke
(encz) | Holyoke,Holyoke n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
local yokel
(encz) | local yokel, |
unyoke
(encz) | unyoke,odpřáhnout v: Zdeněk Brožunyoke,vypřáhnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
yoke
(encz) | yoke,jařmo n: PetrVyoke,jho n: PetrV |
yokel
(encz) | yokel,křupan n: Zdeněk Brož |
yokel-like
(encz) | yokel-like, adj: |
yokelish
(encz) | yokelish, adj: |
yokemate
(encz) | yokemate,družka n: Zdeněk Brož |
holyoke
(czen) | Holyoke,Holyoken: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Disyoke
(gcide) | Disyoke \Dis*yoke"\, v. t.
To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] --R.
Browning.
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Misyoke
(gcide) | Misyoke \Mis*yoke"\, v. t.
To yoke improperly.
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Neck yoke
(gcide) | Neck \Neck\ (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek
the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel.
hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.]
1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the
trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more
slender than the trunk.
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2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or
resembling the neck of an animal; as:
(a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of
a fruit, as a gourd.
(b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main
body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
(c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar
instrument, which extends from the head to the body,
and on which is the finger board or fret board.
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3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object,
formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the
journal of a shaft.
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4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant
arises from the root.
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Neck and crop, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and
at once. [Colloq.]
Neck and neck (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be
said to be before the other; very close; even; side by
side.
Neck of a capital. (Arch.) See Gorgerin.
Neck of a cascabel (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the
base of the breech.
Neck of a gun, the small part of the piece between the
chase and the swell of the muzzle.
Neck of a tooth (Anat.), the constriction between the root
and the crown.
Neck or nothing (Fig.), at all risks.
Neck verse.
(a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the
benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the
fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc. --Sir W.
Scott.
(b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which
decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
These words, "bread and cheese," were their neck
verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all
pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently
put to death. --Fuller.
Neck yoke.
(a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or
carriage is suspended from the collars of the
harnesses.
(b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as
buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's
shoulders.
On the neck of, immediately after; following closely; on
the heel of. "Committing one sin on the neck of another."
--W. Perkins.
Stiff neck, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible
obstinacy; contumacy. "I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff
neck." --Deut. xxxi. 27.
To break the neck of, to destroy the main force of; to
break the back of. "What they presume to borrow from her
sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own
cause." --Milton.
To harden the neck, to grow obstinate; to be more and more
perverse and rebellious. --Neh. ix. 17.
To tread on the neck of, to oppress; to tyrannize over.
[1913 Webster]Yoke \Yoke\ (y[=o]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to
D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth.
juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr.
yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. ?, Skr. yui. [root]109,
280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate,
Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]
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1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the
heads or necks for working together.
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A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke,
Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope.
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Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber
hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on
the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two
bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the
timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat
piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by
thongs about the horns.
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2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
Specifically:
(a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for
carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a
milkmaid's yoke.
(b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a
pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
(c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for
ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
(d) 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.
(e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
(f) (Arch.) 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.
(g) (Dressmaking) 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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3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a
bond connection.
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Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . .
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.
--Chaucer.
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This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden.
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4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage;
service.
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Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi.
30.
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5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work
together.
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I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them. --Luke xiv.
19.
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6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
[Obs.] --Gardner.
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7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that
is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and
afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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8. (Chiefly Mach.) A clamp or similar piece that embraces two
other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or
relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to
the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently
connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a
dynamo.
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Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig.
Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus
Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used
for making yokes for cattle.
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Pig yoke
(gcide) | Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige
girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[imac]ka.]
1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a
hog. "Two pigges in a poke." --Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related
genera.
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3. [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of
cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under
Mine.
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4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]
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Masked pig. (Zool.) See under Masked.
Pig bed (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from
a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.
Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as
it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.
Pig yoke (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.
A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something
bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value
being known. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Yoke \Yoke\ (y[=o]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to
D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth.
juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr.
yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. ?, Skr. yui. [root]109,
280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate,
Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]
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1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the
heads or necks for working together.
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A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke,
Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope.
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Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber
hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on
the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two
bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the
timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat
piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by
thongs about the horns.
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2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
Specifically:
(a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for
carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a
milkmaid's yoke.
(b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a
pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
(c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for
ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
(d) 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.
(e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
(f) (Arch.) 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.
(g) (Dressmaking) 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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3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a
bond connection.
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Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . .
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.
--Chaucer.
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This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden.
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4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage;
service.
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Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi.
30.
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5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work
together.
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I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them. --Luke xiv.
19.
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6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
[Obs.] --Gardner.
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7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that
is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and
afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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8. (Chiefly Mach.) A clamp or similar piece that embraces two
other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or
relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to
the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently
connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a
dynamo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig.
Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus
Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used
for making yokes for cattle.
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Underyoke
(gcide) | Underyoke \Un`der*yoke"\, v. t.
To subject to the yoke; to make subject. --Wyclif.
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Unyoke
(gcide) | Unyoke \Un*yoke"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + yoke.]
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1. To loose or free from a yoke. "Like youthful steers
unyoked, they take their courses." --Shak.
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2. To part; to disjoin; to disconnect. --Shak.
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Unyoked
(gcide) | Unyoked \Un*yoked"\, a. [In sense 1 pref. un- not + yoked; in
senses 2 and 3 properly p. p. of unyoke.]
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1. Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.
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2. Freed or loosed from a yoke.
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3. Licentious; unrestrained. [R.] --Shak.
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Valve yoke
(gcide) | Valve \Valve\, n. [L. valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door:
cf. F. valve.]
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1. A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one
of the leaves of such a door.
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Swift through the valves the visionary fair
Repassed. --Pope.
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Heavily closed, . . . the valves of the barn doors.
--Longfellow.
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2. A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by
its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling,
sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the
aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
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Note: A valve may act automatically so as to be opened by the
effort of a fluid to pass in one direction, and closed
by the effort to pass in the other direction, as a
clack valve; or it may be opened or closed by hand or
by mechanism, as a screw valve, or a slide valve.
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3. (Anat.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or
folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a
vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the
flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral,
and semilunar valves.
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4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally
separates when it bursts.
(b) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a
diatom.
(c) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a
trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the
barberry.
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5. (Zool.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or
multivalve shells.
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Air valve, Ball valve, Check valve, etc. See under
Air. Ball, Check, etc.
Double-beat valve, a kind of balance valve usually
consisting of a movable, open-ended, turban-shaped shell
provided with two faces of nearly equal diameters, one
above another, which rest upon two corresponding seats
when the valve is closed.
Equilibrium valve.
(a) A balance valve. See under Balance.
(b) A valve for permitting air, steam, water, etc., to
pass into or out of a chamber so as to establish or
maintain equal pressure within and without.
Valve chest (Mach.), a chamber in which a valve works;
especially (Steam Engine), the steam chest; -- called in
England valve box, and valve casing. See {Steam
chest}, under Steam.
Valve face (Mach.), that part of the surface of a valve
which comes in contact with the valve seat.
Valve gear, or Valve motion (Steam Engine), the system of
parts by which motion is given to the valve or valves for
the distribution of steam in the cylinder. For an
illustration of one form of valve gear, see Link motion.
Valve seat. (Mach.)
(a) The fixed surface on which a valve rests or against
which it presses.
(b) A part or piece on which such a surface is formed.
Valve stem (Mach.), a rod attached to a valve, for moving
it.
Valve yoke (Mach.), a strap embracing a slide valve and
connecting it to the valve stem.
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Yoke elm
(gcide) | Yoke \Yoke\ (y[=o]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to
D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth.
juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr.
yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. ?, Skr. yui. [root]109,
280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate,
Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]
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1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the
heads or necks for working together.
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A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke,
Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber
hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on
the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two
bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the
timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat
piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by
thongs about the horns.
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2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
Specifically:
(a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for
carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a
milkmaid's yoke.
(b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a
pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
(c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for
ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
(d) 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.
(e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
(f) (Arch.) 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.
(g) (Dressmaking) 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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3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a
bond connection.
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Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . .
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage;
service.
[1913 Webster]
Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi.
30.
[1913 Webster]
5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work
together.
[1913 Webster]
I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them. --Luke xiv.
19.
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6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
[Obs.] --Gardner.
[1913 Webster]
7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that
is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and
afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Chiefly Mach.) A clamp or similar piece that embraces two
other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or
relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to
the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently
connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a
dynamo.
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Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig.
Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus
Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used
for making yokes for cattle.
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yokeage
(gcide) | Rokeage \Roke"age\, Rokee \Rok"ee\, n. [Cf. Nocake.]
Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; --
called also yokeage. [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Yokeage \Yoke"age\, n.
See Rokeage. [Local, U. S.]
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Yokeage
(gcide) | Rokeage \Roke"age\, Rokee \Rok"ee\, n. [Cf. Nocake.]
Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; --
called also yokeage. [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Yokeage \Yoke"age\, n.
See Rokeage. [Local, U. S.]
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Yoked
(gcide) | Yoke \Yoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yoked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Yoking.]
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1. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke
oxen, or pair of oxen.
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2. To couple; to join with another. "Be ye not unequally
yoked with unbelievers." --2 Cor. vi. 14.
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Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb. --Shak.
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3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to
confine.
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Then were they yoked with garrisons. --Milton.
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The words and promises that yoke
The conqueror are quickly broke. --Hudibras.
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Yokefellow
(gcide) | Yokefellow \Yoke"fel`low\, n. [Yoke + fellow.]
An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow;
especially, a partner in marriage. --Phil. iv. 3.
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The two languages [English and French] became
yokefellows in a still more intimate manner. --Earle.
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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.
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Yokel
(gcide) | Yokel \Yo"kel\, n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.]
A country bumpkin. [Eng.] --Dickens.
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Yokelet
(gcide) | Yokelet \Yoke"let\, n.
A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen
to till it. [Prov. Eng.]
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Yokemate
(gcide) | Yokemate \Yoke"mate`\, n.
Same as Yokefellow.
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Yoke-toed
(gcide) | Yoke-toed \Yoke"-toed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and
woodpeckers.
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unyoke
(wn) | unyoke
v 1: remove the yoke from; "unyoke the cow" [ant: yoke] |
yoke
(wn) | yoke
n 1: fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
2: an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they
threw off the yoke of domination"
3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome,
twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich,
duo, duet, dyad, duad]
4: a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke
of oxen"
5: support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders
that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
6: a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so
they move together [syn: yoke, coupling]
7: stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they
can work together as a team
v 1: become joined or linked together
2: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn:
yoke, link]
3: put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses
together" [ant: unyoke] |
yokel
(wn) | yokel
n 1: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in
culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed,
bumpkin, chawbacon] |
yokel-like
(wn) | yokel-like
adj 1: stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants;
"the boy's empty yokel-like expression" |
yokelish
(wn) | yokelish
adj 1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {ill-
bred}, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred,
yokelish] |
yoke
(devil) | YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe
one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that
defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy.
A thousand apologies for withholding it.
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