yote

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Definition of yote in English English dictionary

to pour water on

to steep

My fowls, which well enough / I, as before, found feeding at their trough / Their yoted wheat. — Chapman.

To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water

Etymology

() From Middle English yoten, yeten (“to pour”), from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutanan (“to pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *g'hew-, *g'hōw- (“to pour”). Cognate with Dutch gieten (“to pour”), German gießen (“to pour”), Danish gyde (“to pour”). Related to gush, geyser.