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Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. Bacon.

Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.] Be not ever frozen, coy. T. Carew.

The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. Ure.

phous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.

Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky. I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death. W. Irving.

Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.

The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.

Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues.

Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

The West Indian sapindaceous tree Melicocca bijuga, which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees Exothea paniculata and E. trifoliata.

A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as, alkaligenous; endogenous.

the Paraclete; the Comforter; (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity. -- To give up or yield up the ghost, to die; to expire. And he gave up the ghost full softly. Chaucer. Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. Gen. xlix. 33.

ithout compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young.

The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." Addison. Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. -- Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. Shak.

of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.

The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. Shak.

A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.

of civil officers, in distinction from military. He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield. Dryden.

Thanks. [Obs.] Yielding graces and thankings to their lord Melibeus. Chaucer.