yield 
queror, etc.: give up a contest; submit; suc- 
cumb; surrender. 
.Sir kny^ht, thow art take ; yelde thow to me, for ye 
haue don luousli. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), Hi. 4«1. 
Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edjje. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., v. 2. 11. 
Somethiies 1 stand desperately to my arms, like the foot 
when deserted by their horse ; not in hope to overcome, 
but only to yield on mure honourable terms. 
Dryden, Essay on Dram. Poesy, Ded. 
3. To give way, in a moral sense, as to en- 
treaty, argument, or a request ; cease opposing ; 
comply; consent; assent. 
Ne ba<lde I er now, my swete herte deere, 
Ben yolde, y wis I were now noght here. 
Chaucer, TroiluB, lii. 1211. 
But at last, vpon ranch intreatie, hee yeelded to let him 
go to the General. Uakluyt'ti Voyages, II. 1. 287. 
Guendulen the Daughter [of Corineus) yeelds to marry. 
Miltun, Hist. Eng., i. 
No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield : 
Ajsk me no more. 
Tennyson, Princess, vi. (song). 
4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excel- 
lence. 
Their mutton yields to oui-s, but tlieir beef is excellent. 
Stcift, Gulliver's Travels, 1. 6. 
Tell me first, in what more happy fiebls 
The thistle springs, to which the lily yields. 
Pi>pe, Spring, 1. 90. 
yield (yeW), h. [Early mod. E. also ijeeUl ; < ME. 
yeld, geld, gichle, gild, < AS. geld, gield, gild, pay- 
ment, = OS. geld = OFries. jeld = OHG. MHG. 
gelt, payment, money, G. geld, money, = leel. 
gjald, payment, etc.; from the verb: see yield, 
v.,&udct.giUP, gelf'i.] If. Payment; tribute. 
That euery maniiys wief, after the deth of bur hu8l>ond, 
beyiig a taillor, shall kepe as niaiiy servaunts as they wille, 
to werke w* bur to bur use duryng hur widowbode, so she 
here scotte and lotte, yeve and yeld, w« the occupacion. 
Ordinance o/Hen. r///.(1531Xin English Gilds (E. E.T.8.), 
[p. 328. 
2. That which is jielded; the product or re- 
turn of growth, cultivation, or care ; also, that 
which is obtained liy labor, as in mines or man- 
ufactories. 
He shall be like the fruitful tree, . . . 
Which in due season constantly 
A goodly yield of fruft doth bring. Bacon, Ps. 1. 
Some surprisitig information about the yield of beet- 
root-sugar in France. 
E. C. Greneille Murray, Round a)K)Ut France, p. 25. 
The yi«2(/ of the machine is the quantity uf electricity 
put in motion in each unit of time. 
Atkiitson, tr. of MaAcart and Joubert, I. IS-x 
3. The act of yielding or giving way. as under 
pressure. [Bare. ] 
After pointing out that the iiermanent elongation of a bar 
under Inngitmllnal stres-s consists of a sliding comliined 
with an lncrea.su of volume, the author showed that the 
yield is caused by tlie limit ut elastic resistance (p) paral- 
lel to one particular direction in the bar (generally at i^t° 
to the axis) being leas than along any other direction. 
Elect. Kec. (Eng.), XXV. 707. 
yleldable(yerda-bl), «. [< .i//eM -l- -aWe.] 1. 
That may or can be yielded. — 2. Tliat may or 
can yield ; inclined to yield; complying. 
yleldkblenesst (yel'da-bl-nes), H. A disposi- 
tion to yield, comply, or give in. 
The Second Private Way of Peace : The Composing our- 
selves to a Fit Disposition for Peace; and therein, . . . 
(4.) A YieldaUeness upon Sight of Clearer Tiuths. 
Bp. Hall. Peace- .Maker, il. § 2. 
yieldancet (yel'dans), «. [< yield + -auce.'i 
The act of yielding, producing, submitting, or 
conceding; submission; surrender. 
He . . . sues, not so much for the prophet's j/ieldance 
as for his own life. Bp. tIaU, Ahaziah .Sick. 
jrieldent, /'. ". Satne as yoldeii. 
yielder (yel'di'r), u. [<. ME. gcldere ; < yielil + 
-er'.] it. One who pays; a debtor. — 2. One 
who yields, permits, or suffers ; one who sur- 
renders, submits, or gives in. 
J>m;/. Y'ield thee as my prisoner. 
Blunt. I was not Ijorn a yielder, thou proud Scot. 
Shak.. 1 Hen. IV., v. 3. 11. 
yielding (yel'ding), ». [< ME. rchUngc ; verbal 
n. of yield, r.] It. Payment. I'romjit. Pan-., 
p. 537. — 2. Compliance: assent; surrender. 
Immaculate and sj^jtless is my mind : 
That was not forced ; tliat never was inclined 
To accessary yieUlin'js. .Shak., Luciece, 1. 1068. 
It lies In the Ijosom of a sweet wife to draw her husband 
from any lo<>se imperfection . . . by her politic yieldimj. 
Dekker and Wehster, Northward Ho, ii. 2. 
3. A giving away under physical pi-essure ; a 
settling. 
Faults in sleepers, irregular yieldinoi (in bridges, . . . 
and other imperfections, were deflnitely marked. 
Sature, XLIIL 1.54. 
jrlelding (yel'ding), /).«. Inclineilorfit to yield, 
in any sense of the word ; especially, soft ; com- 
pliant ; unresisting. 
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7021 
A yietdinff temper, which will be wronged or baffled. 
Kettlewetl. 
By nature yielding, stubborn but for fame. 
Pope, To Miss Blount, with Voiture's Works. 
The footsteps of Simplicity, impress'd 
Upon the yielding herbage. 
Coifper, Task, iv. 521. 
yieldingly (yel'ding-li), adv. In a yielding 
manner; with compliance. 
yieldingness (yel'ding-nes), ii. The state or 
property of being yielding; disposition to com- 
ply- 
Bismarck wrote, there was only "one voice of regret on 
the subject in the Federal Assembly," which in the opin- 
ion of many "had given itself a death-blow by its ifieltl- 
ingness in tlie question of Holstein." 
Lowe, Bismarck, I. 22.'>. 
yieldlesst (yeld'les), a. [< yield + -less:] Vn- 
jielding. 
Undaunted, yieldless, firm. Ruive, I'lysses, iii. 
yift, rotij. An obsolete fonu of (/'. 
yill (yfl), »■ A Scotch form of ale. 
Her bread it 's to bake. 
Her yill is to brew. 
Bonnie Earl o' Hurry (Child's Ballads, VII. 122). 
The clachan yill had made me canty. 
Bums, Death and Di-. Horniwok. 
yin (yen), H. A Scotch form of one. 
yince (y^ns), adv. A Scotch form of oia-e^. 
yiperu (yip'e-ro), ti. Same as yetujm. 1. 
yird (y^rd), «. A Scotch form of eartlil. 
yirkt, >: An obsolete spelling of yerk. 
yirr (yir), r. i. A Scotch form of //«»■!. 
yis, yisterday. Dialectal forms fif ije.'i, iji-ster- 
day. 
yit (yit), <idi\ and coKJ. A dialectal form of 
yetl. 
yite (yit), «. [Also yoit; said to be imitative.] 
The yellow bunting, Emheri:a eitrinella. See 
cut under yelloichiimmer. [Local, British.] 
-yl. [< Gr. v/.i), wood, matter.] In chem.. a 
sufti.x commonly used witli radicals, denoting 
the fundamental part, the origin: as, methy/, 
CH3, is the fundamental radical of wood alco- 
hol, CHoOH. niethylic ether, (0H3)2O, methyl 
aiiime, CH3XH2, etc. 
ylang-ylang, «. A tall tree of the custard- 
apple familv, Ciiiiaiiya odorata, native in Java 
and the Philippines, cultivated throughout In- 
dia and the tropics. It bears droojiing yellow 
flowei's, 3 inches long, which furnish the ylang- 
ylang oil of perfumers Ylang-ylang oiL See oil. 
ylet, "• An obsolete form of (.s7cl, ai.slc, eel, etc. 
Y-level (wi'lev'el), II. The common engineers' 
spirit-level: so called formerly from the fact 
that the telescope rests on "Y's."' in tlie Y« 
the telescope can lie rotated at pleasure. The Y-level 
has Ijeen to a certain extent supcrsetied by the so-called 
"<lumpy. level," or Gravatt level, and by other improved 
instruments combining more or less completely the pe- 
culiarities of the y-level and the dumpy-level. Also writ- 
ten u-ye4evel. 
The dumpy level differs from the vye level iti being at- 
tached to the level bar by immoveable upright pieces; in 
having the level tube tlrmly secured to the uprights of the 
level bar ; in lieing provided with an inverting eye-pieee 
(unless ordered otherwise); and in the absence of the tan- 
gent and slow. motion screws. 
Bufantl Bergrr, Hand-Book and 111. Catalogue, 1S91. 
The most perfect form [of level] now in use being tin; 
improved Dumpy I.evel, resting on Y's, ami named the im- 
proved dimipy Y Level : it appears to unite in itself all the 
good qualities of the others, retaining few of their imper- 
fections. 
(ren. Frojm, Outline of MetluKl of Conductitm n Trigono- 
Imetrical Survey, 4th ed. (1873X 11. 83. 
ylichet, yliket, ". and ailr. Midille English 
forms of alike. 
Y-ligament of BigelO'W. The iliofemoral liga- 
ment, a fibrous band attached above to the an- 
terior inferior spine of the ilium and below to 
the trochanter major and to a point just above 
the trochanter minor: it serves to strengthen 
the capsular ligament of the hip-joint. 
ylket, ". An old spelling of (7/.1. 
ymaskedt, ". A .Middle English form of ineslied. 
ymellt, udr. .Same as iniell. 
[m, wbilk a complyng is ymel hem alle. 
Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, I. 2.'>1. 
Y-moth (wi'moth). II. The gamma, Plmia ginii- 
iiia, a noctuid moth common in Europe, whose 
larva is a notable pest: so called from a shin- 
ing silver Y-shaped mark on the upper wings. 
The name extends to others of the genus. 
Also I'. See cut under I'lima. 
ympt, ympet, «• and c Obsolete forms of imp. 
ympnet, «• An old spelling of hymn. Cliau- 
rer. 
ynambu (i-nam'bo). II. [S. Amer.] The largo 
South American tinamou, Rhynvhotus nifes- 
eeiis. See cut under lihynihotug. 
yoke 
ynca, ». See inea. 
ynoght, ynought, yno'wt, «• and adv. Middle 
English forms of enough. 
yQi (yo), interj. An exclamation noting effort : 
usually joined with ho or O. 
Our anchor soon nmst change the lay of merry craftsmen 
here 
For the ^eo-heave-o, and the heave-away, and the sighing 
seamen's cheer. S. Fergm^ml, Forging of the Anchor. 
yo'-* (yo), pron. A dialectal variant of yon. 
yoakt, «• and r. An obsolete spelling of yokc^. 
yoatt, I', t. An obsolete spelling of yote. 
yochell, yochle (yoch'l), u. Scotch spellings 
of yokel^. 
yochel''^, yockel (yo'kel, yok'l), n. Same as 
yokel, hickwull. [Prov. Eng.] 
yodet. See yede^. 
yodel, yodle (yo'dl), c. t. and i.; pret. and pp. 
yodeled, yodelled, yodled, ppr. yodeUng, yodelling, 
yodling. [Also jod el ; < G. dial, jodeln.} To 
sing with frequent changes from the ordinary 
voice to falsetto and back again, after the 
manner of the mountaineers of Switzerland 
and Tyrol. 
A single voice at a great distance was heard yodliny 
foith a ballad. Longfellou; Hyperion, lii. 3. 
Mules braying, negroes yodling, axes ringing, teamsters 
singing. G. W. Cable, Dr. Sevier, Iv. 
yodel, yodle (yo'dl), n. [< yodel, ('.] A song 
or refiain in which there are frequent changes 
from the ordinary voice to a falsetto. Also 
sometimes calle<l irarlile. 
yodeler, yodler (yo'dcl-er, -dlei), ». One who 
sings yodels. Also yodellei: 
yoft, eoiij. An obsolete dialectal variant of 
though. 
My-selffe yuf I saye itt. York Plays, p. 272. 
yoga (yo'gii), /(. [Hind, yoga, < Skt. yoga, union, 
(tevotion, < -^ ynj, join: see //oA-^l.] One of 
the branches of the Hindu philosophy, which 
teaches the doctrines of the Supreme Being, and 
explains the means by which the human soul 
may obtain final emancipation from further 
migi-ations, and efi'ect a junction with the uni- 
versal spirit. Among the means of effecting this junc- 
tion are comprehernlcil a long continuance in various un- 
natural postures, withdrawal of the senses from external 
objects, concentration of tlie mind on -some grand central 
truth, and the like, all of wliicli imjily the leading of an 
austere liermit life. 
yogi (yo'gi), n. [Hind, yogi, < .'/";/" ; see yoga."] 
A Hindu ascetic and mendicant who practises 
the yoga system, and combines meditation with 
austerity, claiming thus to acquire a miracu- 
lous power over elementary matter. See yoga. 
Also yoijcc iindjogi. 
Then Rawunna, the giant, assuming the shape of a pil- 
grim Yogce rolling to the caves of Ellora — with Gayntree 
the mystical text on his lips and the shadow of Siva's beard 
ill liis soul — rolls to Rama's door, and cries "Alms! 
alms : " J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 316. 
yogism (yo'gizm), «. [< yoga + -(*)«.] The 
(loctrine and practices of the yogis ; yoga. 
yogle (y<^'gl)i "■ Same as oi/le^. [Shetland 
Isles.] 
yoh (yo), «. [Chinese.] An ancient Chinese 
reed, shaped like a flute but shorter, having 
three to seven holes, and played with one hand. 
yo-ho (yo-ho'), interj. [Cf. //"!.] A call or cry, 
usually given to attract attention. 
yoick (yoik), r. t. [< yoiek-s.} To urge or drive 
by the cry of ''Yoicks." 
Hounds were barely yoicked into it at one side when a 
fox was tallied away. Field, Jan. 2:1, 1886. (Encyc. Diet.) 
yoicks (yoiks), /«/<■;;/. [Cf. hoieks.} An old fox- 
hunting cry. 
Soho I bark forward! wind 'em and cross 'em! hark 
forward I yoics! i/oics ! Coluian, Jealous Wife, ii. 
Enjoy the itleasui-es of the chase. . . . Bravo ! . . . 
Oi', if Yoicks would be in better keeping, consider that 
I said Yoicks. Dickem, Our .Mutual Friend, iii. 10. 
yoit (voit), n. Same as yite. Moiit^gn. [Local, 
British,] 
yojana, yojan (yo'ja-nii, yo'jan), 11. [Hind, yo- 
Jiin, < Skt. yojana, < v yuj, join: see (/oi'cl.] 
in Hindustan, a measure of distance, varying 
in difl'erent places from four to ten miles, but 
gcfierally valued at about five. 
yokel (yok), N. [Formerly also yoak: < ME. 
yok, 7ok, goe, < AS. geoe, gioe, ioe = OS. ./»c = 
I), jiik, jok = MLG. joi'k, Jnck, LG. jok, joi/ = 
OHG. j'lih, MHG. G. jocli = Icel. ok = S\v. ok 
= Dan. (iiig = ^J.jugnm (> It. giogo — Sp. yngo 
= Pg. jif(/o = F. Jong) = Gr. Ccjiir = W. inn = 
OBulg. igo = Bohem. jlio = Russ. igo = Skt. 
jnga, yoke ; frotii a root seen in L. jnngere 
(V .i"!l)' join (^ K- ,/"'". jnnrtion, etc.), = Gr. 
Cfvyvivai (■\/ Cvy), join, = Skt. y/ ynj, join.] 1. 
A contrivance of great aiiti(|uity, by which 
