yoking

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Yoke \Yoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yoking.] [1913 Webster]

1.To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen. [1913 Webster]

2.To couple; to join with another. "Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers." --2 Cor. vi. 14. [1913 Webster]

Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine. [1913 Webster]

Then were they yoked with garrisons.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

The words and promises that yoke The conqueror are quickly broke.— Hudibras.[1913 Webster]