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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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‡OUT-YOKE, n., v. Also oot-yoke; utjok (Jak.). [′utjok]

I. n. The long yoke which rests on the two outer oxen of the four which pulled the old wooden type of plough in Shetland (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), ‡Sh. 1954); the two outer oxen (Ib.). Also attrib.Sh. 1879 Shetland Times (16 Aug.):
Whinever ye hear da scrüls o' da best oot-yoke ox i' da byre.

†II. v. In vbl.n. outyoking, the action of ploughing a ridge by reversing the slope of the furrows from the previous year, the opposite of Inyoking, q.v., the purpose being to prevent a ridge becoming permanent and too arched. See Yoke, v.Bch. 1735 J. Arbuthnot Buchan Farmers (1811) 86:
Inyoking and outyoking are ordinarily applied by turns. . . . The last is performed when we begin at the outer braes and plough it over till both meet in one furrow, as if we were cleaving a ridge.