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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
yellow \yel"low\ ye^l"l-o, a. compar. yellower
ye^l"l-o~er; superl. yellowest. oe. yelow,
yelwe, yoghelow, yogheoluw, from as. geolu; akin to d.
geel, os. ohg. gelo, g. gelb, icel. gulr, sw. gul, dan.
guul, l. helvus light bay, gr. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s
greenish yellow, skr. hari tawny, yellowish. root49. cf.
chlorine, gall a bitter liquid, gold, yolk.
1. being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold
or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or
of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the
green.
1913 webster
her yellow hair was browded braided in a tress.
--chaucer.
1913 webster
a sweaty reaper from his tillage brought
first fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
--milton.
1913 webster
the line of yellow light dies fast away. --keble.
1913 webster
2. cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he
has a yellow streak. slang
webster 1913 suppl.
3. sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers,
etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. colloq.
webster 1913 suppl.
yellow atrophy med., a fatal affection of the liver, in
which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly
smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. the marked symptoms
are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and
jaundice.
yellow bark, calisaya bark.
yellow bass zool., a north american fresh-water bass
morone interrupta native of the lower parts of the
mississippi and its tributaries. it is yellow, with
several more or less broken black stripes or bars. called
also barfish.
yellow berry. bot. same as persian berry, under
persian.
yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. slang --arbuthnot.
yellow brier. bot. see under brier.
yellow bugle bot., a european labiate plant ajuga
chamaepitys.
yellow bunting zool., the european yellow-hammer.
yellow cat zool., a yellow catfish; especially, the
bashaw.
yellow copperas min., a hydrous sulphate of iron; --
called also copiapite.
yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper
pyrites. see chalcopyrite.
yellow cress bot., a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant
barbarea praecox, sometimes grown as a salad plant.
yellow dock. bot. see the note under dock.
yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes
used as a yellow pigment.
yellow fever med., a malignant, contagious, febrile
disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice,
producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black
vomit. see black vomit, in the vocabulary.
yellow flag, the quarantine flag. see under quarantine,
and 3d flag.
yellow jack.
a the yellow fever. see under 2d jack.
b the quarantine flag. see under quarantine.
yellow jacket zool., any one of several species of
american social wasps of the genus vespa, in which the
color of the body is partly bright yellow. these wasps are
noted for their irritability, and for their painful
stings.
yellow lead ore min., wulfenite.
yellow lemur zool., the kinkajou.
yellow macauco zool., the kinkajou.
yellow mackerel zool., the jurel.
yellow metal. same as muntz metal, under metal.
yellow ocher min., an impure, earthy variety of brown
iron ore, which is used as a pigment.
yellow oxeye bot., a yellow-flowered plant
chrysanthemum segetum closely related to the oxeye
daisy.
yellow perch zool., the common american perch. see
perch.
yellow pike zool., the wall-eye.
yellow pine bot., any of several kinds of pine; also,
their yellowish and generally durable timber. among the
most common are valuable species are pinus mitis and
pinus palustris of the eastern and southern states, and
pinus ponderosa and pinus arizonica of the rocky
mountains and pacific states.
yellow plover zool., the golden plover.
yellow precipitate med. chem., an oxide of mercury which
is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding
corrosive sublimate to limewater.
yellow puccoon. bot. same as orangeroot.
yellow rail zool., a small american rail porzana
noveboracensis in which the lower parts are dull yellow,
darkest on the breast. the back is streaked with brownish
yellow and with black, and spotted with white. called also
yellow crake.
yellow rattle, yellow rocket. bot. see under rattle,
and rocket.
yellow sally zool., a greenish or yellowish european
stone fly of the genus chloroperla; -- so called by
anglers.
yellow sculpin zool., the dragonet.
yellow snake zool., a west indian boa chilobothrus
inornatus common in jamaica. it becomes from eight to
ten long. the body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed
with black, and anteriorly with black lines.
yellow spot.
a anat. a small yellowish spot with a central pit, the
fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where
vision is most accurate. see eye.
b zool. a small american butterfly polites peckius
of the skipper family. its wings are brownish, with a
large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the
hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. called also
peck's skipper. see illust. under skipper, n., 5.
yellow tit zool., any one of several species of crested
titmice of the genus machlolophus, native of india. the
predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green.
yellow viper zool., the fer-de-lance.
yellow warbler zool., any one of several species of
american warblers of the genus dendroica in which the
predominant color is yellow, especially dendroica
aestiva, which is a very abundant and familiar species;
-- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, summer
yellowbird, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler.
yellow wash pharm., yellow oxide of mercury suspended in
water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate
to limewater.
yellow wren zool.
a the european willow warbler.
b the european wood warbler.
1913 webster
see also:
yellower yellowest chlorine gall gold yolk
yellow atrophy yellow bark yellow bass morone interrupta barfish
yellow berry persian berry persian yellow boy yellow brier
brier yellow bugle ajuga chamaepitys yellow bunting yellow cat
yellow copperas copiapite yellow copper ore chalcopyrite yellow cress
barbarea praecox yellow dock dock yellow earth yellow fever
black vomit yellow flag quarantine flag yellow jack
jack yellow jacket vespa yellow lead ore yellow lemur
yellow macauco yellow mackerel yellow metal muntz metal metal
yellow ocher yellow oxeye chrysanthemum segetum yellow perch perch
yellow pike yellow pine pinus mitis pinus palustris pinus ponderosa
pinus arizonica yellow plover yellow precipitate yellow puccoon orangeroot
yellow rail porzana noveboracensis yellow crake yellow rattle yellow rocket
rattle rocket yellow sally chloroperla yellow sculpin
yellow snake chilobothrus inornatus yellow spot eye polites peckius
peck's skipper skipper yellow tit machlolophus yellow viper
yellow warbler dendroica dendroica aestiva garden warbler golden warbler
summer yellowbird summer warbler yellow-poll warbler yellow wash yellow wren
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