different between yoak vs yolk

English

Noun

yoak (plural yoaks)

1. Obsolete spelling of yoke
   • 1673, John Milton, When I Consider How My Light is Spent

     God doth not need / Either man's work or his own gifts, who best / Bear his milde yoak […]

Anagrams

• kayo, oaky, okay

English

Alternative forms

• yelk (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English yolke, yelke, ?olke, ?elke, from Old English ?eolca, ?eoloca, ?ioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), from ?eolu (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• (US) IPA^(key): /jo?k/, /jo?lk/, /j?lk/
• Homophone: yoke

Noun

yolk (countable and uncountable, plural yolks)

1. The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

   Coordinate term: egg white

2. The grease in a sheep's fleece.
   • 1846, The Cultivator (page 270)

     Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool is increased from the greater weight which it possesses by being charged with this substance […]

Translations

Further reading

• yolk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia