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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‘Yea, Lord, so mut I thee, God yeld you all̴ this good!’
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
Now then, gentle, my frendes, and countrey men, Turne your eyes, and bend your myndes to that doctrine, which for our present purpose, my simple talent is hable to yeld you.
From The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara by Dee, John
Currie interprets the “Deil’s yeld Nowte,” to mean old bachelors, which, if right, points to some other of his compositions, for purgation by fire.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
The milch cows, to the number of several hundreds, are generally kept here from the beginning of June to the middle of August, when they are replaced by the yeld cattle.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
A theff, yeld the asttyt, 640 f. 88a.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
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