Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Yoke (4)

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...

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Yoke-toed

Yoke″–toed′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.

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Yokeage

Yoke″age (?), n. See Rokeage.

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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.The two languages became yokefello...

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Yokel

Yo″kel (?), n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.] A country bumpkin. Dickens.

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Yokelet

Yoke″let (?), n. A small farm; — so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.

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Yokemate

Yoke″mate′ (?), n. Same as Yokefellow.

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Yold

Yold (?), obs.p. p. of Yield. Yielded. Spenser.

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Yolden

Yold″en (?), obs.p. p. of Yield. Yielded.

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Yolk

Yolk (yōlk or yōk; 277), n. [OE. yolke, yelke, ”olke, ”elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See Yellow.] [Written also yelk.]1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus....

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Yoll

Yoll (yōl), v. i. To yell. Chaucer.

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Yom

Yom (?), n. [Heb. yōm.] Day; — a Hebrew word used in the names of various Jewish feast days; as, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement; Yom Teruah (lit., day of shouting), the Feast ...

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Yon

Yon (yŏn), a. [OE. yon, ”on, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jenēr, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. √188. Cf. Beyond, Yond, Yonder.] At a distance, but within view; yonder.Rea...

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Yon (2)

Yon, adv. Yonder.But, first and chiefest, with thee bringHim that yon soars on golden wing. Milton.

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Yoncopin

Yon″co‐pin (?), n. [Perhaps corrupted from Illinois micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.] (Bot.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lot...

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Yond

Yond (?), a. [Cf. AS. anda, onda, anger, andian to be angry.] Furious; mad; angry; fierce. “Then wexeth wood and yond.” Spenser.

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Yond (2)

Yond, adv. & a. [OE. yond, ”ond, ”eond, through, beyond, over, AS. geond, adv. & prep.; cf. Goth. jaind thither. √188. See Yon, a.] Yonder. “Yond in the garden.” Chaucer.

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Yonder

Yon″der (?), adv. [OE. yonder, ”onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr� there. ����. See Yond, adv.] At a distance, but within view.Yonder are two apple women scolding. Arbuthnot.

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Yonder (2)

Yon″der, a. Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon. “Yon flowery arbors, yonder alleys green.” Milton. “Yonder sea of light.” ...

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Yoni

‖Yo″ni (?), n. [Skr. y�ni.] (Hindoo Myth.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.

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Yonker

Yon″ker (?), n. [See Younker.] A young fellow; a younker. Sir W. Scott.

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Yore

Yore (yōr), adv. [OE. ”ore, yare, ”are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. √204. See Year.] In time long past; in old time; long since.As it hath been of olde times yore. C...

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York rite

York rite (?). (Freemasonry) The rite or ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, deriving its name from the city of York, in England; also, the system itself, which, ...

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York use

York″ use′ (?). (Eccl.) The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6. Shipley.

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Yorker

York″er (?), n.(Cricket) A tice.

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Yorkshire

York″shire (?), n. A county in the north of England.Yorkshire grit, a kind of stone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers. Simmonds. — Yorkshire pudding, a b...

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Yot

Yot (?), v. t. To unite closely.