These are the meanings of the letters YBCOKE when you unscramble them.
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Beck (n.)
See Beak.
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Beck (n.)
A small brook.
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Beck (n.)
A vat. See Back.
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Beck (v. i.)
To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
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Beck (v. t.)
To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
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Beck (n.)
A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
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Coke (n.)
Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless fire is required.
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Coke (v. t.)
To convert into coke.
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Obey (v. t.)
To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
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Obey (v. t.)
To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
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Obey (v. t.)
To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.
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Obey (v. i.)
To give obedience.
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Yoke (n.)
A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
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Yoke (n.)
A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
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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.
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Yoke (n.)
A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
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Yoke (n.)
A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
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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.
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Yoke (n.)
A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
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Yoke (n.)
A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
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Yoke (n.)
A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
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Yoke (n.)
Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
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Yoke (n.)
A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
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Yoke (n.)
Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
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Yoke (n.)
The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
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Yoke (n.)
A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
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Yoke (v. t.)
To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
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Yoke (v. t.)
To couple; to join with another.
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Yoke (v. t.)
To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
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Yoke (v. i.)
To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.