单词 | yielder |
释义 | yieldern. One who or that which yields. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > debtor debtorc1290 yielder1340 borrowerc1440 ower?c1475 debitor1483 redevable1502 creditee1541 Dr.1663 ticker1753 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 163 He ne is naȝt riȝtuol, þet ne yziȝþ naȝt ine his herte,..and onderstant, þet he is yeldere, and a-yens god of treuþe, toppe alle þing. 1340 Ayenb. 262 Uorlet ous oure yeldinges, ase and we uorleteþ oure yelderes. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > rewarder yielder1382 rewarderc1384 premiour1493 remunerator1638 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judith Prol. Ȝeldere of hir chastite. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxv. 13 For whi the Lord is a ȝeldere [1382 ȝeldende], and he schal ȝelde seuene fold so myche to thee. 3. One who gives something up, or gives in; a surrenderer (also with up); one who concedes. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > defeated or conquered > [noun] > one who surrenders yielder1598 capitulator1611 capitulant1747 hands-upper1901 hand-upper1901 hand-up1902 hensopper1960 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in > one who flincher1598 yielder1598 fainter1826 succumber1844 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iii. 11 I was not borne a yeelder thou proud Scot. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 30 For, briers and thornes, at their apparell, snatch: Some sleeues, some hats; from yeelders, all things catch. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 349 The blocke of death, Treasons true bed, and yeelder vp of breath. View more context for this quotation 1893 Daily News 25 May 5/6 In the hope that they might get concessions from this universal yielder. 4. Something that produces or furnishes, a producer; now esp. with qualifying word referring to the amount or quality of the produce. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces gendererc1384 bearera1387 bringerc1386 engendererc1390 producera1513 forthbringer1546 breeder1572 productor1584 productrice1585 spawner16.. brancher1610 procreanta1616 producent1622 productrix1630 generant1635 generator1637 productive1642 procurator1647 pregnatress1651 generatrix1657 yielder1733 productress1751 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 198 A sort [of wheat]..that..is a great Yielder to the Barn. 1861 W. Barnes in Macmillan's Mag. June 132 Nature's yielders of good. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 2/3 The quality of the good milker's milk is better than that produced by the small yielder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1340 |
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