English Dictionary: Yoking | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. [bd]Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers.[b8] --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. |