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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†INYOKING, vbl.n. In ploughing: the action of feering a ridge in the hollow between the ridges of the previous year (see quot. and Yoke, v.).Abd. 1735 J. Arbuthnot Buchan Farmers (1811) 86:
Inyoking and outyoking . . . are ordinarily applied by turns. The first is done when we begin at the two adjacent braes, and plough close over to the next furrows, as if we were gathering a ridge.
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