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Definition: yellow metal
yellow metal
n : a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass;
used in making castings and hot-worked products [syn:
alpha-beta brass
,
Muntz metal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Yellow metal
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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 Cham[ae]pitys
).
Yellow bunting (Zo["o]l.), the European yellow-hammer.
Yellow cat (Zo["o]l.), 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 pr[ae]cox), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou.
Yellow macauco (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou.
Yellow mackerel (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the common American perch. See
Perch.
Yellow pike (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a greenish or yellowish European
stone fly of the genus
Chloroperla; -- so called by
anglers.
Yellow sculpin (Zo["o]l.), the dragonet.
Yellow snake (Zo["o]l.), 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) (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the fer-de-lance.
Yellow warbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
American warblers of the genus
Dendroica in which the
predominant color is yellow, especially
Dendroica [ae]stiva
, 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 (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European willow warbler.
(b) The European wood warbler.
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