7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the
heads or necks for working together.
A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed,
unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope.
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.
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.
3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a
bond connection.
Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . .
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.
--Chaucer.
This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden.
4. A mark of servitude; hence servitude; slavery; bondage;
service.
Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi
30.
5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work
together.
I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them --Luke xiv.
19.
6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
[Obs.] --Gardner.
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.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoke \Yoke\, v. i.
To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to
consort closely; to mate.
We 'll yoke together, like a double shadow. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoke \Yoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yoked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Yoking}.]
1. To put a yoke on to join in or with a yoke; as to yoke
oxen, or pair of oxen.
2. To couple; to join with another. ``Be ye not unequally
yoked with unbelievers.'' --2 Cor. vi 14.
Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb. --Shak.
3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to
confine.
Then were they yoked with garrisons. --Milton.
The words and promises that yoke The conqueror are
quickly broke. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoke \Yoke\, n. (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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
yoke
n 1: a fitted part at the top of a garment
2: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {doubleton}, {pair},
{twosome}, {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {couplet}, {distich},
{duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]
3: a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to
carry buckets hanging from each end
4: connects two things so they move together [syn: {coupling}]
5: joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work
together
v 1: become joined or linked together
2: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn:
{link}]
3: put a yoke on join with a yoke; of draft animals; "Yoke the
draft horses together" [ant: {unyoke}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Yoke
(1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to
them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc (Num.
19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood called _'ol_.
(2.) In Jer. 27:2; 28:10, 12 the word in the Authorized
Version rendered yoke" is _motah_, which properly means a
"staff," or as in the Revised Version, "bar."
These words in the Hebrew are both used figuratively of severe
bondage, or affliction, or subjection (Lev. 26:13; 1 Kings 12:4;
Isa. 47:6; Lam. 1:14; 3:27). In the New Testament the word
yoke" is also used to denote servitude (Matt. 11:29, 30; Acts
15:10; Gal. 5:1).
(3.) In 1 Sam. 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21, Job 1:3 the word thus
translated is _tzemed_, which signifies a pair, two oxen yoked
or coupled together, and hence in 1 Sam. 14:14 it represents as
much land as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day like the
Latin _jugum_. In Isa. 5:10 this word in the plural is
translated "acres."
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
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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