Vocabulary : Yoit to Yoke-toed
Yoit : The European yellow-hammer.Yojan : A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.
Yoke : 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. ;; 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
Yokeage : See Rokeage.
Yoked : of Yoke
