Yellowest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yellow \Yel"low\ (y[e^]l"l[-o]), a. [Compar. {Yellower}
     (y[e^]l"l[-o]*[~e]r); 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. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s
     greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [root]49. Cf.


     {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.]
     1. 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.
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              Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought
              First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
                                                    --Milton.
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              The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
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     2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he
        has a yellow streak. [Slang]
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     3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers,
        etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.]
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     {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} (Zool.), 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
        Chamaepitys}).
  
     {Yellow bunting} (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer.
  
     {Yellow cat} (Zool.), 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 praecox}), 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} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), the kinkajou.
  
     {Yellow macauco} (Zool.), the kinkajou.
  
     {Yellow mackerel} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), the common American perch. See
        {Perch}.
  
     {Yellow pike} (Zool.), 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
        {Pinus palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and
        {Pinus ponderosa} and {Pinus Arizonica} of the Rocky
        Mountains and Pacific States.
  
     {Yellow plover} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), a greenish or yellowish European
        stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by
        anglers.
  
     {Yellow sculpin} (Zool.), the dragonet.
  
     {Yellow snake} (Zool.), 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) (Zool.) 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} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), the fer-de-lance.
  
     {Yellow warbler} (Zool.), any one of several species of
        American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the
        predominant color is yellow, especially {Dendroica
        aestiva}, 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} (Zool.)
        (a) The European willow warbler.
        (b) The European wood warbler.
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