Part 26

Hudibras.

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.

Yoke"age (?), n. See Rokeage. [Local, U. S.]

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 [English and French] became yokefellows in a still more intimate manner.

Earle.

Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless for a companion and yokefellow.

Addison.

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

Yoke"let (?), n. A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it. [Prov. Eng.]

Yoke"mate` (?), n. Same as Yokefellow.

Yoke"-toed` (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.

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

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

Yolk (ylk or yk; 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.

2. (Zoöl.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.

Yolk cord (Zoöl.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. -- Yolk gland (Zoöl.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix. -- Yolk sack (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical.

Yoll (yl), v. i. To yell. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.

Milton.

Though fast yon shower be fleeting.

Keble.

Yon, adv. Yonder. [Obs. or Poetic]

But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing.