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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A yeld sow was never gude to gryces.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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
I yeld to law and thy approved valour.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Ther may be moe, and these I yeld because I ken noe other waye to help this necessitie, rather then that I can think anye idle symbol tolerable in just orthographie.
From Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
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
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