yellowroot 
yellowroot (yera-rdt), «. l. Same as shrub- 
yellowroot. — 2. An American herb, Hydrastis 
Canadensis, named also orange-root, yellow piic- 
coon, Indian paint, turmeric-root, and especially 
(in medicine) goldenseal, its rootstock contains 
faydrastine and herherine, and is an officinal remedy of 
an unquestioned tonic property and witli various powers 
less settled, applied in dyspepsia, in jainifiice and otlier 
disorders of the liver, as a laxative, alterative, etc. See 
HydrastU and hydragtine. — SllTUb yellOWroOt. See 
Xaitthorrhiza and shrub-yellowroot. 
yellowrump (yel'6-rump), n. The yellow- 
rumped warbler, Dendrceca eoronata, the yel- 
low-crowned warbler, or myrtle-bird. See war- 
bler and myrtle-bird — western yellowramp, Au- 
dubon's warbler, Dendrceca audtiboni. See warbler. 
yellow-nunped (yer6-rumpt\ a. Having the 
rump (or upper tail-coverts in some cases) yel- 
low, as various birds, (^ee yelloicrump.) The 
yellow-rumped seed-eater is a certain finch, 
Crithagra chrysopyga. 
yellow-sally (yel'o-sal'i), n. See yelloic sally, 
under sally3, 2. 
yellowseed (yel'o-sed), n. A species of pep- 
pergrass, Lepidum canipestre, native in the Old 
World, introduced in North America; mithri- 
date pepperwort. 
yellow-shafted (yel'd-shaf'ted), a. Having the 
shafts of certain feathers yellow : as, the yelloic- 
shafted flicker, or golden-winged woodpecker, 
Colaptes anratus. See cut under flicker''^, and 
compare red-shafted. 
yellowshank, yellowshanks (yel'o-shangk, 
-shangks), «. Same as yellowlegs. Compare 
greenshank, redshank. 
yellowshell (yel'o-shel), n. A British geome- 
trid moth, Camptogrammn hilineuta, whose yel- 
low wings are marked with white lines. 
yellowshins (yel'o-shinz), n. Same as yellow- 
legs. 
yellow-shouldered (yel'o-shord&rd), a. In 
ornith., having the bend of the wing yellow, or 
having yellow on the carpal angle of the wing: 
as, the yellow-shouldered amazon, a South Amer- 
ican parrakeet. Chrysalis ochroptera. 
yellow-spotted (yera-spot'ed), a. Spotted 
with yellow : as, the yellow-spotted tortoise of 
the Ganges — Tellow-gpotted willow-slug. Seemi- 
tmr-fiu'j. 
Yellowstone trout. See trout^. 
yellowtail (ypl'o-tal), n. and a. I. n. If. An 
earthworm yellow about the tail. Topsell, Ser- 
pents, p. 307. (Ilnlliwell.) — 2. One of various 
fishes, (o) A carangoid flsli of the genus Seriuta. as S. 
doTMlu. Sife cut under ainftw/UA. [U.S.] (()) A caran- 
goid fish, Bloffatu pinnulatu.t. [Florida.] (c) A caran- 
goid fish, Caranx yeorgianug. (Auckland, New Zealand.] 
(d) A scijcnoid flsli, liairdieUa chryeura, the silver-perch. 
ju. 8.] (e) A sparoid Hsh, Ijogodtni rkomboidee, the i)in- 
flsh. .See cut under Laf/odon. [U.S.] (/) A scorptenoid 
flsh, SebattichlhyK jlacvhu. one of the rockflshes. [Cali- 
fornia.) ig) A clupeoid flsh, Brevnortia tj/rannus, the 
menhaden. 8'.'e cut under Brevoortia. \V. S.] (A) A 
cirriUdd flsh, Loatrit kecateia, the trumpeter, (t) A ga- 
doid flsh, Lotella bachm. [New Zealarjd.] 
H. a. Yellow-tailed Yellowtail moth, LiparU 
auriHua, a British species.— Yellowtail warbler. See 
warhler. 
yellow-tailed (yel'o-tald), a. Having the tail 
more or less yellow: specific in many phrase- 
names of animals. 
yellowthroat (yel'o-throt), n. Any bird of the 
old genus Trichas (of Swainson), now Geothly- 
pis: as, the Maryland yellowthroat. See cut 
under (ieothlyjiis. 
yellow-throated (yel'o-thrd'ted), a. Having 
the throat more or less yellow : specific in many 
Ehrase-names of animals: as, Xhe yellow-throated 
nch, warbler, etc — Yellow-throated greenlet or 
vireo, Vireo fiacifroM, a common greenlet of eastern 
North America, of rather large size and stout-hilled, hav- 
ing the whole throat and breast bright-yellow, the other 
under parts white, the upper parts yellowish-Kreen. 
yellow-top (yei'o-top), n. A variety of turnip: 
so called from the color of the skin on the up- 
per part of the bulb. 
yellow-vented (yel'o-ven'ted), a. Having the 
vent-feathers yellow, or being yellow on the 
crissum: as, the yellow-rented bulbul, Pycnnnn- 
tns crocorrhous. 
yellow-weed (yel'o-wed), H. 1. SameasjceW. 
— 2. A common name of coarse species of gold- 
enrod. See Solidago. 
yellow-winged (ycl'6-win^d), a. Marked with 
yellow on the wing, as various birds, etc Blue 
yellow-winged warbler, H dminthoplia'ja ctiniHojytern. 
See cut under //^^/H';if/('»|>Aa,'/rt. — Yellow-wlnged lo- 
CUSt, a North American locust, or short hoined grass- 
hopper, Tovwrrwtiu gtilphureug: so called fiom its yellow 
hind wings. T. W. Ilarrit.— Yellow-Winged sparrow, 
a grsuishopper-sparrow, Cottirnii-ulwt paxserinutt. See cut 
under Coturnicuiwu. — YellOW-wlnged sugar-bird, a 
connnoi»puituuit, Cnerelja enaiwn. Hee cut under Ccere- 
Mrur.— YeUow-wlnged woodpecker, the yellow-shaft- 
7017 
ed flicker, or golden-winged woo(li)ecker. See cut under 
Jlicker-, 
yellow-wood (yel'o-wud), n. 1. Sameas/H.t- 
tic. — 2. Cladrastis tinetoria, the American or 
Kentucky yellow-wood, in cultivation com- 
monly known as Virgilia lictea, also called 
gopher-wood and yellow ash. in the wild state it is 
a rare tree, found locally in Kentucky, Tennessee, and 
Vellow.wood {Cladrastis tiiirforta^- ii, pod. 
North Carolina. It grows from 30 to 4.'> feet high, and 
bears pinnate leaves with seven to ten leaflets, and ample 
racemes of white pea-like flowers drooping from the ends 
of the branches. It is highly ornamental for both flow- 
ers and foliage. It has a hard yelhjw wood, which is used 
for fuel and to some extent foi- gun-stocks, and yields a 
clear yellow dye. For another American yellow-wood, 
see Schajeria, The Osage orange, Machtra anrantiaca, 
of the same genus as the fustic, is sometimes so named, 
as is also the shrub-yellowroot, Xanthorrhiza apii/oUa. 
3. Same as white teak. See teak Australian 
yellow-wood. See Uf/ht yellow-wood and Queensland 
yellow-wood. Acronyehia Ixvis, of the Rutaee/e, found at 
Moreton Bay, Is also called yellow-wood, as are Hovea lon- 
gipef, a tall leguminous shrub, and Xanthogtemon pachy- 
rperma, of the Jf i/rt«cf »•, — Cape yellow- WOOd, Podocar- 
pus Thunbergii, a small tree with bright-yellow fine- 
grained wood, very handsome when polished, t'ompare 
Satal yellow-irood.— 'ESiBt TTirtlaTi yellow-WOOd, the 
B&tin-vi >oA,ChloroT!/tonSicieten)a; also, Pod(jcarputi lati- 
folia, an evergreen 80 feet high, with aromatic wood.— 
Light yellow-wood, a tree, Rhus rhoilanlhema, of New 
.South Wales, growing 70 or 80 feet high, peculiar in its 
genus in bearing large red flowers. The wood is of a 
light-yellow color, sound and durable, close-grained, and 
taking a flue polish ; it is one of the best cabinet-woods 
of its locality. The Queensland yellow-wood has also 
l>een called by this name. — Natal yellow-wood, Podo- 
cnrpus elonffata, a tree from 30 to 70 feet high, with a 
close-grained wood extensively used in building and for 
furniture, though not bearing exposure. The bastard 
yellow-wood of the Natal region is P. pruinosa, with the 
wood pale-yellow, tou;:h, and durable, extensively used 
for building. — Prickly yellow-wood, the West Indian 
Xanthoxytum Caribjeiim (.V. Clara-Hercidis of some au- 
thors), a tree from 'lit to 50 feet liigli ; the wood is used 
for making furniture and inlaying ; the prickly young 
stems are made into walking-sticks. Also called pricklf. 
yellow. Other West Indian xanthoxylums are also called 
yellow- wood. — Queensland yellow- wood, FUn'iersia 
Oxleyana (Oxleya xanlhoxyla), filsoca-Wed white teakivfhUh 
see, under teak} and lit/ht yetlow-wood. F. SchoHimia, of 
the same region, is a valuable shade-tree of the same 
name. 
yellow-wort (yel'6-wert), H. A European an- 
nual plant, Chlora perfoliata, of the gentian 
family. It is a very glaucous plant, about a foot high, 
the stem-leaves in pairs and conn.ite-perfnliate. the flow- 
ers bright-yellow in loo.se terminal cymes. Also called 
yelloic centaury. 
yellow-wrack (yel'o-rak), n. A seaweed, A.t- 
rojihylliiin nodosum (Fueus nodosus of Linnaeus). 
yellowy (yel'o-i), a. [< yellow -t- -;/!.] Some- 
what yellow; yellowish; flavcscent. 
A little kerchief of cobweb muslin and ancient yelloinj 
lace . . . is *'Over her decent shoulders drawn." 
R. Broufjhton, .loan, ii. 2. 
yelm (yelra), n. [< ME. 'gelm, < AS. gclm, gihn. 
a handful. Cf. gleayi'^.'] A handful; a sheaf 
of siraw or grain. [Prov. Eng.] 
yelm (yelm), r. (. and (. [< yelm, ?i.] To lay 
straw in order fit for use by a thateher. Halli- 
uell. [Prov. Eng.] 
A woman iteliuinfj 14 days. Is. IHl. 
//. Hall, Society in Elizabethan Age, -\pp. II. 
yelp (yelp), »•. /. [Also dial. yaup. yawp ; < JIE. 
yelpen, gelpcn, boast, < AS. gilpan, gielpan, gyl- 
pan (pret. gealp) (MHO. gel/en), boast, exult, 
= Icel. gjdlpa, yelp; perhaps ult. akin to yell. 
The mod. sense 'yelp' as a dog is prob. due to 
Scand. Cf. yawp.'] If. To boast; cry up a 
thing; exult; brag. 
This zenne is yhounde ine than (the one] thct be his 
ogene mo\ithe him yelpth other of his wytte, other of his 
kenne, other of his workes. Ayenbite of Jnwyt, p. 22. 
I kepe noght of amies for to uelpe. 
Chaueer, KnighOs Tale, 1. 1380. 
2. To give a shai^p, shrill, quick cry, resem- 
bling a bark; bark sharply and shrilly; yawp: 
said of dogs, and also of some other creatures, 
especially a wild turkoy-hen. 
The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, . . . 
and at the lesist f!ouri.«h of a broom-stick or ladle he 
would fly to the door with yeljdnff^ precipitation. 
Irmnff, Sketch-Book. p. 40. 
yene 
let the wild 
Lean-headed E.ogles yelp alone. 
Tennyson, Princess, vii. 
Now a hen yelps on the other side, and he (a turkey-cock] 
pauses between the two calls, then struts and gobbles 
again. Spoit with Rod and Gun, II. 762. 
yelp (yelp), «. [< ME. yel}), gelp, < AS. gielp, 
gylp, boast; from the verb.] If. A boast; 
boasting. — 2. An eager bark or cry; a sharp, 
quick bark or cry caused by fear or pain. 
The dog 
With inward yelp and restless forefoot plies 
His function of the woodland. Tennyson, Lucretius. 
He put the dog's nose in and patted him, and Spike gave 
a yelp, as if a rat were in prospect. 
R. D. Blackmore, Kit and Kitty, xxiv. 
yelper (yel'per), n. [< ME. yelpere ; < yelp -I- 
-iA.~\ 1. One who boasts; a boaster. 
The yelpere is the cockou, thet ne kan n.tgt zinge bote 
of hini-zelue. Ayenbite oflmoyt, p. 22. 
2. One who or that which yelps. Specifically- 
(a) A young dog; a whelp. Hailiwell. (b) In imith.: 
(1) The avoset, Recurvirostra amcetta : so called from its 
cry. [Local, Eng.] (2) The greater yellowlogs, Tntanvs 
melanolencus. .Shore Birds, p. 37. (c) A whistle or call 
used by sportsmen to imitate the cry of the wild turkey- 
hen. 
We now take our yelper, and give a few sharp yelps ; he 
(a wild turkey] hears the call. 
Sport with Rod and Gun, II. 7(52. 
yelping (yel'ping), n. [< ME. yelping, gulping; 
verbal n. of //c/j), c] If. Boasting. 
The uerthe [fourth], . . . whereby the proude sseaweth 
prede of his herte is yelpinyge. Ayenbite of Inwyt, p. 22. 
2. The act of giving a short, sharp cry or bark; 
specifically, the cry of a wild turkey-hen, or an 
imitation of it. 
yeltt (yelt). A contraction of yieldeth, third 
person singular present indicative of yield. 
yelting (yel'ting), u. The glass-eyed snapper, 
Lutjanus eaxis. Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 399. 
yemant, yemanryt. Obsolete variants of yeo- 
man, yeomanry. 
yemet, «• [ME. yeme, geme, yome, ^ome, < AS. 
*gedme, OS. goma = RID. gooni = MLG. gom 
= OHG. gouma, gaunia, MHG. goume, gaum 
= Icel. gaunir, also gaum, heed, care, obser- 
vance. Cf. gaum"^, gawni, a var. of yeme, due 
to the Scand. forms.] Notice ; care ; heed ; 
attention. 
3e trcwlyle toke ,'^eme 
In wnrlde with me to dwell. 
There shall 30 sittc be-deme 
Xij kyndis of Israeli. I'orJ- Plays, p. 238. 
This was the tixte trewly, I toke ful code ^^eine. 
Piers Plouin<tn (B), xvii. 12. 
yemet, ''. [ME. yemcu, gemen, < AS. geniau, gic- 
man, gyman = OS. gomean = OHCi. goumjan, 
goumoii, gounicn, MHG. gounten = Goth, gaum- 
jan, take care of, observe; from the noun.] I. 
trans. To care for; guard; take care of; pro- 
tect. 
Two gentilmen ther were that yemede the place. 
Tale ofGaiiielyn, I. 267. 
The cheuyteyns cheef that ge chesse enero 
Weren all to yonge of seris to yema swyche a rewme. 
Richard the Redeiess, i. 80. 
II. intrans. To take care; be careful. 
Ensaumple of me take ge schull, 
Euer ff)r to ;^vme in jouthe and elde. 
To be buxsome in boure and hall, 
Ilkone for to bede otliir belde. 
York Plays, p. 235. 
yemert, «. [ME. gemcre; < yeme -\- -cr^.] A 
guardian. 
Do kynge and quene and allc the ct'nnine after 
3yue the alle that thei may sine as for the best ^emere, 
Aiul as thou deniest wil thei do alle here dayes after. 
Piers Plowman (B), xlii. 170. 
yemola (ye-mo'lii), H. [.Japanese.] An oil ex- 
pressed from the seeds of Pcrillu arguta. See 
Perilla. 
yen' (yen), adr. A dialectal form of yon. 
yen^t, ". pi. A variant of eycn, plural of eye^. 
yen'* (yen), H. [Jap., < Chinese ytien, round, a 
round thing, a dollar.] The monetary unit of 
Japan since 1871, rcjircsented {a) liy a gold 
coin weighing l.(i60 grams, .900 fine, and thus 
practically equal in value to the United States 
gold dollar; and (/)) by a silver coin weighing 
26.9.')6 grams (410 grains). .900 fine, and thus 
about equal to the silver dollar of the United 
States. The yen is divided into hnndrcdths cjUUmI sen, 
and into mills called rin. One , two-, five-, ten-, and twen- 
ty-yen pieces are coined, and the fractional silver currency 
consists of five-, ten-, twenty-, and fifty-sen pieces. See 
cut on following page. 
yender (yen'der), <idr. A dialectal form of 
yonder. 
yenet, r. An obsolete form ni yawn. 
