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Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. [Obs.] Golding.

Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy. [R.] Johnson.

A geld, or payment, for wood. Burrill.

Guildhall. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin. [Prov. Eng.]

, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent. To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. Chaucer. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. Gen. iv. 12.

Disposed to yield or comply. [R.] -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. [R.] Bp. Hall.

One who yields. Shak.

Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill.

Without yielding; unyielding. [Obs.]

To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]

Reflexively : To give (one's self) up without attempt at self- control ; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly ; -- often in a bad sense. He abandoned himself . . . to his favorite vice. Macaulay.

as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

e; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding.

Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.

Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. Sir W. Scott.

only called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

A collegian. [R.] Chesterfield.