英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Yodel
(v. t. & i.)
Alt. of Yodle
Yodel
(n.)
Alt. of Yodle
Yodeled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Yodle
Yodeling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yodle
Yodle
(v. t. & i.)
To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and
Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or
falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.
Yodle
(n.)
A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
of Yodle
Yodler
(n.)
One who yodels.
of Yodle
Yoga
(n.)
A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in
a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary
expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire
superhuman faculties.
Yogi
(n.)
A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.
Yoicks
(interj.)
A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
Yoit
(n.)
The European yellow-hammer.
Yojan
(n.)
A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but
usually about five.
Yoke
(n.)
A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the
heads or necks for working together.
Yoke
(n.)
A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
Yoke
(n.)
A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying
pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
Yoke
(n.)
A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a
goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
Yoke
(n.)
A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing
it. See Illust. of Bell.
Yoke
(n.)
A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends
lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered
from amidships.