unyoke
[uhn-yohk]
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verb (used with object), un·yoked, un·yok·ing.
to free from or as if from a yoke.
to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.
verb (used without object), un·yoked, un·yok·ing. Obsolete.
to remove a yoke.
to cease work.
Origin of unyoke
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"Yes, but if you unyoke here you will never catch them again," he said.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon TrailEzra Meeker
Let us unyoke it from tradition, which claims to be superior, or even equal.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882Joseph Wild
It will take us a good hour to arrive there, and then we will unyoke the oxen.
The Mission; or Scenes in AfricaCaptain Frederick Marryat
After that, let your men rest their poor knees and unyoke your pair of oxen.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and HomericaHomer and Hesiod
Then he proceeded to unyoke the four beasts from the other man's wagon and yoked them to his own.
The KillerStewart Edward White
unyoke
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