yielder
English
Etymology
From Middle English yeldere, ȝelder, ȝeldere, equivalent to yield + -er.
Noun
yielder (plural yielders)
- Someone or something that yields a crop or other product.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Third, Chapter 19,
- Out of the whole ninety-five [cows] there were eight in particular […] who, though the teats of one or two were as hard as carrots, gave down to her with a readiness that made her work on them a mere touch of the fingers. Knowing, however, the dairyman’s wish, she endeavoured conscientiously to take the animals just as they came, excepting the very hard yielders which she could not yet manage.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Third, Chapter 19,
- Someone or something that yields, or gives way.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene 2,
- Their sense thus weak, lost with their fears thus strong,
- Made senseless things begin to do them wrong;
- For briers and thorns at their apparel snatch;
- Some sleeves, some hats, from yielders all things catch.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene 2,
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