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YON 
A chain ; a link ; a bond. 
This_yo£e of marriage from us both remove, 
Where two are bound to draw, though neither love. 
Dry den. 
A couple; two; a pair. It is used in the plural with the 
singular termination. 
To YOKE, v. a. To bind by a yoke to a carriage. 
Four milk-white bulls, the Thracian use of old, 
Were yok'd to draw his car of burnish’d gold. Dryden. 
To join or couple with another. 
Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb 
That carries anger as the flint bears fire. Shakspeare. 
Toenslave; to subdue. 
These are the arms 
With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, 
Razeth your cities. Shakspeare. 
To restrain; to confine.—Men marry not; but choose 
rather a libertine single life, than to be yoked in marriage. 
Bacon. 
To YOKE, v. n. To be joined with another.—An im¬ 
proper and ill -yoking couple. Milton. 
/ YOKE-ELM, s. [ carpinus , Latin.] A tree. Ainsworth. 
YO'KEFELLOW, or Yo'kemate, s. Companion in 
labour. 
Yokefellows in arms, 
Let us to France. Shakspeare. 
Mate; fellow; commonly partner in marriage. 
You cannot think me fit 
To be th’ yokefellow of your wit; 
Nor take one of so mean deserts 
To be the partner of your parts. Iludibras. 
Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing 
at the sex, very often chuse one of the most worthless for a 
companion and yokefellow. Addison. 
YOKEFLEET, a township of England, in Yorkshire; G 
miles south-east of Howden. 
YO-KEOU, a town of Corea; 38 miles south of Haimen. 
YO-KIEOU, a town of China of the third rank, in Kian- 
gnan. 
YOLD, for y ielded. Obsolete. Spenser. 
YOLK, s. The yellow part of an egg.—Nature hath pro¬ 
vided a large in every egg, a great part whereof remain- 
eth after the chicken is hatched ; and, by a channel made on 
purpose, serves instead of milk to nourish the chick for a 
considerable time. Bay. 
YOLOTEPEC, a settlement of Mexico, in the intendancy 
of Oaxaca, which contains 254 families of Indians. 
To YOLP. See To Yelp. 
YOLTON, a hamlet of England, North Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 10 miles from York. 
YOM-TCIIIM, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Pechelee. 
YON, Yond, or Yo'nder, adj. [jeonb, Sax.] Being at 
at distance within view.-—Tigranes, being encamped upon a 
hill with 400,000 men, discovered the army of the Romans, 
being not above 14,000, marching towards him : he made 
himself merry with it, and said, yonder men are too many 
for an ambassage, and too few for a fight. Bacon.—Yon 
flowery arbors, yonder allies green. Milton. 
YON, Yond, or Yo'ndf.r, ado. At a distance within 
view. It is used when we direct the eye from another thing 
to the object. 
The fringed curtains of thine eyes advance. 
And say what thou see’st yond. Shakspeare. 
First, and chiefest, with thee bring 
Him that yon soars on golden wing, 
Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne. 
The cherub, Contemplation. Milton. 
YOND, adj. [derivation uncertain.] Mad; furious: 
perhaps transported with rage; under alienation of mind ; 
in which sense it concurs with the rest. 
Then like a lion, which hath long time sought 
His robbed whelps, and at the last them found 
Amongst the shepherd swains, then waxeth wood and yond; 
So fierce he laid about him. Spenser. 
Nor those three brethren, Lombards, fierce and yond. 
Fairfax. 
YONG-FONG, a town of China, of the third rank in 
Kiangsee. 
YONG-FOU, a town of China, of the third rank, in Fo- 
kien. 
YONG-G1N, a town of China, of the third rank, in Ki¬ 
angsee. 
YONGHELAHE, a river of the island of Madagascar, 
which runs into the sea, on the west side of the island. Lat. 
23. 30. S. long. 47. 4. E. 
YONG-HING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Iloo-quang. 
YONG-HO, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Chan-si. 
YONG-LI, a town of Corea.; 30 miles south-east of Ko- 
ang-tcheou. 
YONG-MING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Hoo-quang. 
YONG-NGAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Fo-kien. 
YONG-NGAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Quang-tong. 
YONG-NING, a city of China, of the first rank, in Yu- 
nan, on the borders of Thibet. A little to the east of this 
town is a. fine lake. The district abounds in cows having 
those long tails with which the great men of India and China 
are accustomed to adorn themselves ; 1095 miles south-west 
of Peking. Lat. 27. 50. N. long. 100. 24. E. 
YONG-NGAO, a small island near the coast of China, in 
Quang-tong ; 20 miles south-south-east of Macao. 
YONG-NGAN, a city of China, of the second rank, in 
Quang-see. Lat. 24. N. long. 110. E. 
YONG-NGAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Hoo-quang. 
YONG-NHING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Kiangsee. 
YONG-NHING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Honan. 
YONG-NING, a city of China, of the second rank, in 
Quang-see. Lat. 25. 6. N. long. 109. 14. E. 
YONG-NING, or Yung-ning, a city of China, of the 
second rank, in Koei-tcheoo. Lat. 25. 55. N. long. 104. 
57. E. 
YONG-PE, a city of China, of the first rank, in Yunan, 
in a mountainous district, yet fertile, and watered by a fine 
lake. Lat. 26. 42. N. long. 100. 34. E. 
YONG-PING, a city of China, of the first rank, in Pee- 
che-lee, on a river which runs into the gulf of Leao-tong. 
This city is advantageously situated ; but its jurisdiction is 
not very extensive. It contains but one city of the second 
order, and five of the third. It is environed by the sea, by 
rivers, and by mountains, covered for the most part with fine 
trees. This makes the country less fertile; but the neigh¬ 
bouring bay supplies it with great plenty of all the neces¬ 
saries of life. Not far from this city stands a fort named 
Chun-hai, which is the key of the Tartar province of Leao- 
tong. This fort is near the eastern extremity of the great 
wall, which is built, for a league together, in a boggy marsh, 
from the bulwark in the sea : 115 miles east of Pekin. Lat. 
39. 55. N. long. 118. 34. E. 
YONG-SIN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Ki- 
ang-see. 
YONG-SIN, a town of Corea; 113 miles east of Han- 
tcheou. 
YONG-TCHANG, or Yung-tchang, a city of China, 
of the first rank, in Yunan. This city is tolerably large and 
populous, and is built in the midst of high mountains, on the 
borders of the province, in the neighbourhood of a savage 
people, whose genius and manners the inhabitants of this 
country 
