Yoke-fellow

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• Yoke

  ·noun A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. II. Yoke ·noun The quantity of land plowed in a...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Yoke

  1) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• yoke

  A transverse board or metal bar, a substitute for the tiller, which crosses the head of a boat's rud...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Yoke

  A well-known implement of husbandry, frequently used metaphorically for subjection, e.g. (1 Kings 12...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Fellow

  ·noun An equal in power, rank, character, ·etc. II. Fellow ·noun A person; an <<Individual>>. III....

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• fellow

  A sailor's soubriquet for himself; he will ask if you "have anything for a fellow to do?" ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Yoke-toed

  ·adj Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• pig-yoke

  Among seamen, the name for a quadrant, from its resemblance to a pig-yoke. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• pig-yoke

  The name given to the old Davis quadrant. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• yoke-lines

  The ropes by which the boat's steerage is managed. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Fellow-commoner

  ·noun A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fellow-creature

  ·noun One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fellow-feeling

  ·noun Joint interest. II. Fellow-feeling ·noun Sympathy; a like feeling. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hail-fellow

  ·noun An intimate companion. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Odd Fellow

  ·- A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, establish...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Vow-fellow

  ·noun One bound by the same vow as another. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• crusty fellow

  A surly fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dapper fellow

  A smart, well-made, little man. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• deft fellow

  A neat little man. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fellow commoner

  An empty bottle: so called at the university of Cambridge, where fellow commoners are not in general...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jemmy fellow

  A smart spruce fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• niffynaffy fellow

  A trifler. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping fellow

  One at the top or head of his profession. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fellow-countrymen

  This word is often used by public speakers. It is improper, as the last word expresses the meaning o...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• a sliverly fellow

  vir subdolus vafer, dissimulator, veterator. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• pudding-headed fellow

  A stupid fellow, one whose brains are all in confusion. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pin-panniebly-fellow

  a miserable, covetous, suspicious fellow, one who pins up or fastens his paniers and baskets. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• a blasted fellow or brimstone

  An abandoned rogue or prostitute. Cant. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose