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yeld

yeld

Scots

Alternative forms

Adjective

yeld ‎(comparative mair yeld, superlative maist yeld)

  1. barren, not pregnant, not giving milk
  2. (of inanimate things) not fertile, unproductive, ineffectual, lacking in substance or value, unprofitable

Descendants

Noun

yeld ‎(plural yelds)

  1. barren ewe or cow, etc.

Verb

yeld ‎(third-person singular present yelds, present participle yeldin, past yeldt, past participle yeldt)

  1. to cease to milk a pregnant cow when the flow stops before calving