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YNCA

Volume 20 · 71 words · 1823 Edition

an appellation anciently given to the kings of Peru, and the princes of their blood; the word literally signifying lord, king, emperor, and royal blood.

YOAk, or YOKE, in Agriculture, a frame of wood fitted over the necks of oxen, whereby they are coupled together and harnessed to the plough.

YOAK of Land, anciently was the space which a yoke of oxen, that is, two oxen, may plough in one day.