Yellows

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

  Yellows \Yel"lows\, n.
     1. (Far.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep,
        causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
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              His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the


              yellows.                              --Shak.
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     2. (Bot.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which
        the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
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     3. (Zool.) A group of butterflies in which the predominating
        color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow
        butterflies. Called also {redhorns}, and {sulphurs}. See
        {Sulphur}.
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