Defn: Yoga, or its practice.
YOICKS
Yo"icks, interj. (Hunting)
Defn: A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
YOIT
Yoit, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]
YOJAN
Yo"jan, n. Etym: [Skr. y.]
Defn: A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five. [India] [Written also yojana.]
YOKE
Yoke, n. Etym: [OE. yok, , AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G.
joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo,
L. jugum, Gr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. yui. Join, Jougs,
Joust, Jugular, Subjugate, Syzycy, Yuga, Zeugma.]
1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. Pope.
Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by thongs about the horns.