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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS geolu akin to D. geel, OS & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr ? young verdure, ? greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. ???. Cf {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] 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. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away --Keble. {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} (Zo["o]l.), 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 Cham[ae]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo["o]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo["o]l.), 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 pr[ae]cox}), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo["o]l.), 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 {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo["o]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [ae]stiva}, 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} (Zo["o]l.) a The European willow warbler. b The European wood warbler. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yellow \Yel"low\, n. 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. ``A long motley coat guarded with yellow.'' --Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's yellow}, etc See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also {Turner's yellow}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yellow \Yel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yellowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Yellowing}.] To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yellow \Yel"low\, v. i. To become yellow or yellower. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yellow \Yel"low\, a. 1. Cowardly; hence dishonorable; mean contemptible; as he has a yellow streak. [Slang] 2. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as yellow journal, journalism, etc [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok ak AS [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw ek Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, or {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, or {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, or She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? fire. See {Pyre}.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite. {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}. {Capillary pyrites}, millerite. {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. {Hair pyrites}, millerite. {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}. {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite. {Tin pyrites}, stannite. {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc {Yellow}, or {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: yellow adj 1: similar to the color of an egg yolk [syn: {yellowish}] 2: (informal) easily frightened [syn: {chicken}, {chickenhearted}, {lily-livered}, {white-livered}, {yellow-bellied}] 3: changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment" [syn: {yellowed}] 4: typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow journalism" [syn: {scandalmongering}, {sensationalistic}, {yellow(a)}] 5: (archaic) showing or experiencing a state of disordered feeling or distorted judgment as through bitterness or melancholy; "all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye"-Alexander Pope [syn: {jaundiced}] 6: cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight" 7: affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc [syn: {jaundiced}] n : the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons [syn: {yellowness}] v : turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Yellow A language from {SRI} proposed to meet the {Ironman} requirements which led to {Ada}. ["On the YELLOW Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):22-26, Oct 1978]. (1994-11-09)
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