Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
yellowing , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Far.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
- noun (Bot.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
- noun (Zoöl.) A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also
redhorns , andsulphurs . SeeSulphur .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
yellow . - noun archaic A disease of the
bile inhorses ,cattle , andsheep , causingyellowness of theeyes . - noun archaic A disease of
plants , especiallypeach trees , in which theleaves turn a yellowish colour. - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
yellow .
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Examples
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The Pollock, a densely tangled composition in browns and yellows, is unusually large, measuring about 4 by 8 feet, and was painted on fiberboard .
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Not to say that entire house needs to speak back to the fountain, but I think the yellows are an absolute negation of the beauty outside.
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The most we heard of the yellows was the year before last, and we were held up at the time with other work and could not investigate properly.
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When, however, the disease assumes an active form, -- known as the yellows, jaundice, or inflammation of the liver, -- the symptoms are more readily detected.
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The yellows is a communicable disease, the cause of which is not definitely known.
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In excessively hot, damp, or sultry weather, in the last age, the disease known as the yellows sometimes occurs.
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I am quite sure, too, that the yellows is a disease due chiefly to careless or dishonest propagation.
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If the cow be affected with the yellows, which is known by the nostrils and eyelids looking yellow, ten grains of calomel should be given every other night, and a saline dose once a week, the animal being kept warm, and only turned out in the middle of the day, in a fresh pasture, if practicable.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
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The stewards have undoubtedly taken into account the safety of the marshals was compromised when Hamilton and Perez ignored the double yellows, which is a stark warning to drivers to slow down.
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Nearly all of the people getting red light camera tickets are people caught in short yellows.
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