Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose,
   titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of
   small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,
   Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the
   unrelated word mouse. Cf. {Tit} a small bird.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
   birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also
   {tit}, and {tomtit}.

   Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus c[oe]ruleus}), the marsh
         titmouse ({P. palustris}), the crested titmouse ({P.
         cristatus}), the great titmouse ({P. major}), and the
         long tailed titmouse ({[AE]githalos caudatus}), are the
         best-known European species. See {Chickadee}.

Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
(below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.

   Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
         true grasses botanically considered, such as black
         grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.

   {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
      growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.

   {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
      avenaceum} of Europe.

   {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
      growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
      palustris}; in the United States there are several
      species.

   {Grass bass} (Zo["o]l.), the calico bass.

   {Grass bird}, the dunlin.

   {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
      grass-cloth plant.

   {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
      ({B[oe]hmeria nivea or Urtica nivea}), which grows in
      Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
      strong fibers suited for textile purposes.

   {Grass finch}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
          gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
          {bay-winged bunting}.
      (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po["e]phila}, of
          which several species are known.

   {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
      and giving rich milk.

   {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.

   {Grass moth} (Zo["o]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
      {Crambus}, found in grass.

   {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
      India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
      used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
      grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
      

   {Grass owl} (Zo["o]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
      Capensis}).

   {Grass parrakeet} (Zo["o]l.), any of several species of
      Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
      applied to the zebra parrakeet.

   {Grass plover} (Zo["o]l.), the upland or field plover.

   {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
      Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.

   {Crass quit} (Zo["o]l.), one of several tropical American
      finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
      the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.

   {Grass snake}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
          natrix}).
      (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
          See {Green snake}, under {Green}.

   {Grass snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
      maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.

   {Grass spider} (Zo["o]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
      n[ae]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
      when covered with dew.

   {Grass sponge} (Zo["o]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
      sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.

   {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.

   {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
      narrow grasslike leaves.

   {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
      strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr["a]senka a grass widow.]
      (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
      (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
          prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
          husband. [Slang.]

   {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.

   {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
      surface of the ground.

   {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
      a season, as cattle.