yellow 
So should my papers, yellowd with their age. 
Be sconi'd. Shak., SoiineU, xvii. 
7016 
yellow-rocket 
II. 
low. 
While the morning light 
Was yelloiciiiff the hill-tops. 
WordSivorth, Prelude, v. 
i)itra)is. To become yellow; gi'ow yel- 
The noisy flock of thievish birds at work 
Aiuung the yellowing vineyards. 
Brov^nimj, Bordello, i. 
yellowammer (yer6-am"er), H. 
lotchummtr. 1. 
yellow-backed (yel'6-bakt), a 
yellowflsh (yel'o-fish), «. A chiroid fish of the yellowlshness (yel'o-ish-nes), «. The state or 
" '"' property of being yellowish. Boyle. 
yellow-jack (yel'd-jak), u. See yellow Jacfi, un- 
der JocAl. 
yellow-jacket (yel'o-jak'et), n. Any one of 
several species of true social wasps or hornets 
of the genus Vespa, which have the body more 
or less marked with yellow; any hornet, as V. 
crahro. See cut under hornet. Vespa vulgaris, an 
importation from Europe, is the common yellow-jacket of 
the United States. 
coast of Alaska, Hexagrammug {Pleurogram- 
mus) moHopterygius. This is one of the rock-trouts, 
and a food-flsh of some importance, locally known as Atka 
mackerel. It is dark-olive above and yellowish below, 
criiss-barred on the sides with the color of the back; the 
fins are nearly plain dusky, the pect^trala with blackish 
margin, and the dorsal flu is continuous or but slightly 
emarginate. 
yellow-footed {yel'd-fufed), a. Having yel- 
low feet: as, the yellow-footed armadillo, the 
Same as yel- poyou ; the yellow-footed rock-kangaroo, Petro- 
gale xanthopus: specific in phrase-names of 
Having tlie various animals 
back yellow, or "having yellow on the back: yellow-fronted (yel'd-fruii'ted), o. Inornith 
The mellow, perfumed apples dropped heavily on the 
grass, and the busy yellow-jackets rioted among them. 
The Atlantic, LXVI. 775. 
specific in some phrase-names of animals: as, 
the blue yellow-backed warbler, PartUa ameri- 
caiui (which see, under Panda). 
yellow-barred (yel'o-bard), a. Barred with yel- 
low : as, the yellow-barred brindle, Lobophora 
rirctatu, a British geometrid moth whose larva 
feeds on privet. 
yellow-beak (yers-bek), «. Same as bejaii. — 
Abbot of yellow-beaks. See abbot. 
yellow-bellied (yel'o-bel'id), a. Having the yellowham (yel'o-ham), ». The European yel- 
belly yellow, or having yellow on the abdo- lowhammer. 
having the front (of the head) yellow, or having yellowleg, yellowlegS (yel'o-leg, -legz), n. A 
yellow there: as, the yellow-frniited warbler, 
Yellow-flronted warbler. See warbler. 
yellow-golds (yel'o-goldz), h. A golden-flow- 
ered plant, probably the marigold, Calendula 
ofieiiialis. See gold, 6. 
yellow-gum (yel'o-gum), H. 1. The jaundice of 
infants (icterus infantum). — 2. Same as black- 
gum 
tattler of the family Scolopaeidee and genus 
Tetanus (section Gambetta); the T. or G. fla- 
vipes : so called from the color of its legs. The 
form yellrrwlegs is the more common, it inhabits 
the greater part of North America, migrating in winter 
men: specific in phrase-names of many differ 
ent animals: as, the yellow-bellied flycatcher, 
Empidonax flariventris ; the yellow-bellied wood- 
pecker, Spliyropictts varius. See cut under sap- 
sucker. 
yellowbelly {yel'6-bel"i), n. A sole-like 
flounder, Kkombosolea leporina. Science, XV. 
141. 
yellowbill (yel'o-bil), n. The American black 
scoter, (Edemia americana : from the yellow 
lump on the bill. Also called, for the same reason, 
butter-bill, butter-none, copper-nose, and pumpkin-blossom 
coot. [New Eng.] 
yellow-billed (yel'o-bild), a. Having the bill 
or beak more or less yellow: specific in phrase- 
names of various birds — yeUow-biUed cuckoo, 
Coccytus americatnts, the common rain-crow of the 
United States. See cut under Cocci/^ms.— Yellow-billed 
loon, Cotymbus (ov Urinator) adamsi, a very large loon 
of arctic Nortll America, having the bill mostly dull 
horn-vellow, and of a different shape from the black bill 
of the common loon.— YeUOW-billed magpie, Pica 
nuttalli, or Nuttall's ma;..T)ie, the common magpie of Cali- 
fornia, wlio.se inll is Ijriglit-yellow, instead of l)lack as in 
most other magpies.— Yellow-bllled troplc-bird, Phae- 
than fiavirosiris. 
yellowbird (yel'o-berd), )/. One of several dif- 
ferent birds of a yellow or golden color, (a) In 
Great Britain, the golden oriole, Oiiolus galbula. Mon- 
tagu. See first cut under onWe. (6) In the United States, 
the summer warbler, or summer yellowbird, Dendroeca 
sestiva, a small dentirostral insectivorous bird of tlie fam- 
ily Mniotittid/e, of a bright-yellow color, obscured on the 
back, the male streaked on the under parts with reddish. 
It is one of tlie most abundant and familiar birds of the 
country, inhabiting nearly tlie entire continent in sum- 
mer, and much of Central America in winter. See cut 
under warbler, (c) In tiie United States, the American 
goldfinch or thistle bird, Chrysotnitris, Astragalinus, or 
Spinas tristis, a conirostral granivorous bird of the fam- 
ily FringUlidie. The male in summer is clear-yellow, with 
black on the head, wings, and tail; in winter the yellow 
is exchanged for pale flaxen-brown. It is very abundant 
in the eastern United States und Canada, 
goldfinch. 
yellow-breasted (yel'6-bres"ted), a. Having 
the breast wholly or partly yellow: specific in 
phrase-names of various animals, especially 
birds: as, the yellow-breasted chat (see cut un- 
der chaf^). 
yellow-browed (yel'6-broud), a. In ornith., 
having a yellow superciliary line : as, the yel- 
low-browed warbler, PhijUoscopus .iiiperciliosiis. 
See cut under P/ii/Ho.sc((pHS. — Yellow-browed 
shrike. See shrike-. 
yellow-covered (yel'o-kuv'ferd), a. Covered 
with yellow; especially, covered or boimd in 
yellow paper — Yellow-covered literature, trashy 
or sensational fiction, pf riodicals, etc.; in allusion to the 
fornj in which such matter was formerly commonly issued. 
ICoUoq.) 
yellowcrown (yel'o-kroun), n. The yellow- 
rump or niyrtlc-bird, Deiidrceca coronata. 
yellow-crowned (yel'6-kround), «. Having 
the top of the head yellow, or yellow on the 
crown, as various birds; yellow-polled: as, the 
ycllow-i-riiirncil iiiglit-lieron. See niglit-heroii. — 
Yellow-crowned thrush. See '/VacAi/™'""-- -Yellow- 
crowned warbler. See wni'6ter.— Yellow-crowued 
weaver. See weaj:er-blid. 
yellow-duckwing (yel'6-duk"wing), a. Not- yellowing (yel'o-ing) 
ing a variety of duckwing game-fowls whose ^ " ' ' • - - 
distinguisliing color-mark on the wing of the 
cock is golden or yellow. The back of the 
cock is orange or crimson. Comjiare silcer- 
ductwing. 
yellow-eyed (yel'o-id), a. Having yellow eyes, 
or a yellow eye, in any sense ; also, yellow 
around the eyes.— Yellow-eyed grass. See .Yyris. 
yellowfin (yclTj-fiii). //. Same as rcitfni. 2. 
Yellow hammer, with its abbreviation yellow Ham. 
Yarrell, Brit. Birds (4th ed.), II. 43, note. (Eneye. Diet.) 
yellowhammer (yer6-ham"6r), «. [Cf. dial. 
yellowhomber, ycllowomber ; < yellow -h ha»i- 
mer'i, prop, ammvr: see liammer^.'] 1. The yel- 
low bunting, Mmberiza citrinella,one of the com- 
monest birds of the western Palearetic region. 
It is about 7 inches long; the head, cheeks, front of the 
neck, belly, and lower tail-coverts are of a bright yellow; 
the upper surf.ice is partly yello" , but chiefly brown, the 
feathers on tlie top of the back being blackish in the mid- 
dle, and the tail-feathers also blackish. The yellowham- 
mer is a resident in Great Britain, and generally through- 
out Europe. In summer the well-known notes of the male 
are almost incessantly heard from the roadside hedge. 
Also called (joldhammer, yellowammer, yellowham, yellmv- 
Yellowhammer (.Entberiza ct'triiieHti). 
See cut under omber, yellow yoldring, yellow yorling, yelloiv yowley (and 
Greater YellowlegS {Tetanus mflanoleucus). 
into Central and South America, and is an abundant and 
well-known game-bird, especially during the autumnal 
migration, when it is found in flocks about the marshes, 
feeding upon fish-fiy, mollusks, crustaceans, etc., and be- 
coming fat and highly prized for the table. It is about 
11 inches long, the bill IJ niches, the tarsus about 2 inches. 
The name extends to a similar but larger species, the T. 
or G. TTielanoleucus, the two being distinguished as the 
lesser and greater yellowtegs. The latter is decidedly 
larger, beyond dimensions ever reached by the former, 
as length 13 to 14 inches, bill 2 or more, tarsns 2i, etc. 
These birds are also called lesser and greater yeVowshanks 
and by various other names. See tattler and Tolamis. 
yellow-legged (yel'6-leg"ed or -legd), a. Hav- 
ing yellow legs : as, the yellow-legged clearwing, 
a British hawk-moth, Scsia cynipiformis or Tro- 
chilium cynipifonne. The yellow-legged herring-giill 
is Larusca'chinnans of Pallas. The so-called yellow-legged 
plover of the United States is the lesser yellowIegs, Te- 
tanus flanipes. — YelloW-legged goose. See goo^e. — Yel- 
low-legged sandpiper. Sec sandpiper, and cut under 
ruf2. 
yellow-legger(yel'6-leg"er),n. 1. The yellow- 
legs. — 2. A fisherman from Eastham. [Prov- 
incetown, Massachusetts.] 
yellow-line (yel'6-lin ), a. Having yellow lines 
or streaks: as, the yellow-line quajter, Orthosia 
macilenta, a British noctuid moth. 
with variants yeidWHi/.^eidroct) ; also scrtiWm^ iai-t and yellowly (yel'o-li), adr. [(.yellow -t- -ly'^.'\ In 
H.ri«n3;ar«:(frointhescratchymarkingsof its eggs); and ^ yellow manlier; with an appearance of yel- 
by various other local or provincial names, as yite. 
2. In the United States, a local misnomer of 
the flicker, or golden-winged woodpecker, Vo- 
laptcs auratus (see cut under flicker'^). No bird 
much like or congeneric with the true yellowhammer 
exists in North America; but popular ignorance would 
have it otherwise, and pitched upon this woodpecker as 
a subject for the name, or perhaps the name was given 
because the bird is extensively yellow and "hammers" 
trees. The European yellowhammer resembles and is 
congeneric with the ortolan of that country, Emberiza 
hortulana; and the United States bird which really looks 
lowness. 
The town of Asterabad, with its picturesque towers and 
ramparts gleaming yellowly in the noondiiy sun. 
Donovan, Merv, v. 
yellow-necked (yel'o-nekt), a. Having the 
neck yellow : as, the yellow-necked caterpillar, 
the larva of a common North American bomby- 
cid moth, Datana »H»istr«, which feeds in com- 
munities on the foliage of apple, hickory, and 
walnut in the United States. 
The state or 
something like tiie yellowhammer is the bobolink in the ««iirtTimoaa u-t^l ' i\ nns"! » 1 
fall, when it is called recd-Wrd, 7-ice-Wrd, and ortoian. yCllOWneSS p ei o lies;, n. i. 
3t. A gold coin ; a yellow boy. [Old slang.] property of being yellow. 
Is that he that has gold enough? would I had some of 
his yelloic-hamtners ! Shirley, Bird in a Cage, ii. 1. 
yellow-headed (yel'd-hed'ed), a. Having the 
head yellow, or yellow on the head: as, the 
yellow-headed blackbird. See cut under Xan- 
thocephalus — YelloW-headed tit or titmouse, the 
gold tit, Aitriiiarus fiaHceps. 
yellow-homed (yel'o-hornd), a. Having yel- 
low antenna^: as, the yellow-horned moth, Cy- 
niiitophord Jlaricornis, a British noctuid. 
H. [Verbal n. of )/e/?mc. 
The Purifying Pills, which kept you alive, if they did 
not remove the yellotntess. 
George Eliot, Middlemarch, xlv. 
2t. Jealousy. See yellow, a. 
I will incense Page to deal with poison ; I will possess 
him with yellowness. Shak., M. W. of W., i. 3. 111. 
yellowomber (yel'o-om'ber). n. Same as yel- 
lowhammer, 1. 
yellowpoU (yel'6-p61), n. The male widgeon 
or golifenhead, Mareca penelope. [Ireland.] — 
. _. „ YellowpoU warbler. Same m yeltow-pciled warbler. 
, .] In »7«-»«( «'»/., the opeTation"of boTliiig the yellow-polled (yel'o-pold), a. In oniith.. yel- 
pins in an acid solution preparatory to nurling low-crowned: as, the yellow-polled warhleT. bee 
or tinning warbler. 
yellowish (yel'6-ish), a. [< yellow + -ish\-] yellow-ringed (yel'o-ringd), n. Ringed with 
Tending to be yellow; somewhat yellow; yel- yellow: as, the yellow-ringed carpet, Larentm 
lowy : as, the yellowish monitor, Varanus Jlaves- flancuictata, a British geometrid moth. 
Pe,,/ yellow-rocket (yel'6-rok'et), h. The common 
In his vouth he was unhealthv. and of an ill complexion winter-cress. Barbarea rulgari.<^ Also called 
dielluiiish). Aubrey, Lives (Thomas Holibes). litter wintir-cress and Winter rocket. 
