| • | A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. |
| • | A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. |
| • | A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke. |
| • | A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. |
| • | A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt. |
| • | Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection. |
| • | A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service. |
| • | Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together. |
| • | The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen. |
| • | A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon. |
| • | To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen. |
| • | To couple; to join with another. |
| • | To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine. |
| • | To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate. |
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