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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Quarantine \Quar"an*tine\, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine,
fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four,
and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See Four, and
cf. Quadragesima.]
1. A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
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2. Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during
which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being
infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to
forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such
restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place
where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
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Note: Quarantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage
of travel or communication on account of malignant
contagious disease, on land as well as by sea.
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3. (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow
had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of
which her husband died seized.
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Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a
vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an
infectious disease; -- called also the yellow jack, and
yellow flag.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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 (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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.
vlag. See Flag to hang loose.]
1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.
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2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to
indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask
information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved
by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;
as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
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3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of
certain hawks, owls, etc.
(b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a
bird; -- called also flag feather.
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Black flag. See under Black.
Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers
attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.
Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an
admiral, or commodore.
Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an
enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose
of making some communication not hostile.
Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money.
Flag station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not
stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or
waved.
National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which
some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.
Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of
danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.
To dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to
its place; -- done as a mark of respect.
To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in
some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a
white flag.
To hang the flag half-mast high or To hang the flag
half-staff or To hang the flag at half-staff, to raise it
only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of
mourning.
To strike the flag or To lower the flag, to haul it down,
in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of
surrender.
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also
carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious
disease is on board.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. Yellower; 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. ? young verdure, ?
greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. ???. Cf.
Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk.]
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.
Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
--Chaucer.
A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits,
the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton.
The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
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 P.
palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and P.
ponderosa and P. 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 D. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Quarantine \Quar"an*tine\, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine,
fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four,
and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See Four, and
cf. Quadragesima.]
1. A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
2. Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during
which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being
infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to
forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such
restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place
where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
Note: Quarantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage
of travel or communication on account of malignant
contagious disease, on land as well as by sea.
3. (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow
had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of
which her husband died seized.
Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a
vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an
infectious disease; -- called also the yellow jack, and
yellow flag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.
vlag. See Flag to hang loose.]
1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.
2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to
indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask
information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved
by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;
as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of
certain hawks, owls, etc.
(b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
Black flag. See under Black.
Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers
attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.
Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an
admiral, or commodore.
Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an
enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose
of making some communication not hostile.
Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money.
Flag station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not
stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or
waved.
National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which
some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.
Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of
danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.
To dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to
its place; -- done as a mark of respect.
To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in
some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a
white flag.
To hang the flag half-mast high or half-staff, to raise
it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign
of mourning.
To strike, or lower, the flag, to haul it down, in
token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of
surrender.
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also
carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious
disease is on board.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
yellow flag
n : common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa,
naturalized in United States and often cultivated [syn: yellow
iris, yellow water flag, Iris pseudacorus]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
yellow flag
n.
1 A Eurasian and northwest-African aquatic iris, ''Iris
pseudacorus''.
2 (&lit: en)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
yellow flag
n.
1 A Eurasian and northwest-African aquatic iris, ''Iris
pseudacorus''.
2 (&lit: en)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
yellow flag
n.
1 A Eurasian and northwest-African aquatic iris, ''Iris
pseudacorus''.
2 (&lit: en)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
yellow flag
n.
1 A Eurasian and northwest-African aquatic iris, ''Iris
pseudacorus''.
2 (&lit: en)
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
yellow flag /jˈɛləʊ flˈaɡ/
Quarantäneflagge , gelbe Flagge
Synonym: quarantine flag
see: quarantine flags, yellow flags
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
yellow flag /jˈɛləʊ flˈaɡ/
keltakurjenmiekka
Iris pseudacorus
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
yellow flag /jˈɛləʊ flˈaɡ/
žuta karantenska zastava
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
yellow flag /jˈɛləʊ flˈaɡ/
1. betegséget jelzô sárga zászló
2. nemzetközi code jelzôkönyv q betûje
3. járványt jelzô sárga zászló
4. sárga zászló
5. sárga nôszirom
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
yellow flag /jˈɛləʊ flˈaɡ/
svärdslilja
Iris pseudacorus
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