yeld
Americanadjective
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barren; sterile.
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(of a cow) not giving milk, from being in calf or from age.
adjective
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(of an animal) barren or too young to bear young
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(of a cow) not yielding milk
Etymology
Origin of yeld
before 1100; Middle English; Old English gelde barren; cognate with German Gelt; akin to geld 1
Example Sentences
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Mr. Booth sayd that he wold yeld that to me that he wold not yeld to the bisshop nor any other.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
Here from a rushy patch sprang three yeld hinds from almost underfoot, and splashed off through the shallows, their russet coats gleaming in the morning sunlight.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
A yeld sow was never gude to gryces.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
The erl of Rychemond certeynly, That day was taken in the feld; The erl of Vendue was right sory; And Sir Bursegaunt he gan hym yeld.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
Of the fertilitie of this kingdome, and of such fruits and other things as it doth yeld.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Mendoza, Juan Gonzalez de
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