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[Eng. yodel, v.; -ist.] One who yodels. (See extract under YODEL, 8.] Yō-ga, s. [Sanscrit=union, fitne , spiritual abstraction.] Hindu Philos .: One of the six Darsanas, i. e., schools or systems of Brahmani cal Philosophy, that of Patanjali, the e ence of which is meditation. It believes in a primordial soul which has had existence from an earlier period than primeval matter, and holds that from the two arose the spirit of life (Mahanatma). Theoretically at least, its devotees can acquire even in this world entire command over elementary matter by certain ascetic practices, such as long continued suppre ion of the respiration, inhaling and exhaling the breath in a particular manner, sitting in eighty-four attitudes, fixing the eyes on the tip of the nose, and endeavoring, by the force of mental abstraction, to unite themselves with the vital spirit which pervades all nature and is identical with Siva. When mystic union effected, Yogi make to prevent their crawling or breaking through or jumping over fences, are sometimes called yokes. (e) A branching coupling section, connecting two pipes with a single one, as the hot and cold water pipes, with a single pipe for a shower-bath. belt pa es over the upper drum and its cups dis A head-frame of a grain-elevator, where the charge into the descending chute. (g) A form of carriage clip which straddles the parts, and is tightened by nuts beneath the plates. (3) Something which couples, connects, or binds together; a bond, a link, a tie. "Whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iii. 4. (4) A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together. "A half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow." -1 Samuel xiv. 14. (5) As much land as might be plowed by a yoke of oxen in a day; hence, as much work generally as is done at a stretch; also, a portion of the working day, as from meal-time to meal-time, during which work is uninterruptedly carried on. (6) Two upright spears with a third cro ing them at the top for vanquished enemies to pa under. In B. C. 328 the Samnites are said to have compelled the Romans literally to pa under such a yoke as a badge of servitude. The Romans, having afterward vanquished them, treated them similarly, B. C. 307 and 294. 2. Fig .: Used as an emblem of servitude, slavery, and sometimes of sufferance or submi ion generally. "Take ye me my yok on you, and lerne ye of me."Wycliffe: Matthew xi. II. Naut .: A bar attached to the rudder-head and projecting in each direction sideways; to its ends are attached the steering-ropes or yoke-lines, which are coxswain or steersman, or pa himself lighter than the lightest, or heavier than pleases; he can traverse all space, can become in the heaviest substance, or as small or as large as he visible, can equally know the past, the present, and the future, and can animate any dead body by transferring to it his own spirit; finally he becomes united with Siva, and is exempt from the neces sity of undergoing further transmigrations. [YOGI.] yōgì, yō-gin, subst . [Sansc., ., from Yoga (q. v.).] Brahmanism (pl.): The Yogis are a Saivavite sect, founded by Goraknatha. They profe to be descendants of men who, by the practice of Yoga (q. v.), obtained power of effecting supernatural results. They go about India as fortune-tellers and traces of the order exist at Peshawur. conjurers. They have a temple at Gorakhpore, and yō-Ick, yō-icks, s. [From the sound made.] dauntle . IMG:content-1101.png:[blocks in formation]