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bugle
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Bugle
(gcide) | Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF.
bugle, fr. L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox.
See Cow the animal.]
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. --E. Phillips.
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Bugle
(gcide) | Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [See Bugle a wild ox.]
1. A horn used by hunters.
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2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone,
shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes
keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely
in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called
also the Kent bugle.
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Bugle
(gcide) | Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G.
b["u]gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as
G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.]
An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly
black.
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Bugle
(gcide) | Bugle \Bu"gle\, a. [From Bugle a bead.]
Jet black. "Bugle eyeballs." --Shak.
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Bugle
(gcide) | Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of
the Old World.
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Yellow bugle, the Ajuga cham[ae]pitys.
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bugle
(wn) | bugle
n 1: a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls
and fanfares
2: any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen
herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover [syn: bugle,
bugleweed]
3: a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for
decoration
v 1: play on a bugle |
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bugler
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creeping bugle
(encz) | creeping bugle, n: |
erect bugle
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pyramid bugle
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scarlet bugler
(encz) | scarlet bugler, n: |
yellow bugle
(encz) | yellow bugle, n: |
Bugle
(gcide) | Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF.
bugle, fr. L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox.
See Cow the animal.]
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. --E. Phillips.
[1913 Webster]Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [See Bugle a wild ox.]
1. A horn used by hunters.
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2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone,
shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes
keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely
in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called
also the Kent bugle.
[1913 Webster]Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G.
b["u]gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as
G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.]
An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly
black.
[1913 Webster]Bugle \Bu"gle\, a. [From Bugle a bead.]
Jet black. "Bugle eyeballs." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of
the Old World.
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Yellow bugle, the Ajuga cham[ae]pitys.
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Bugle horn
(gcide) | Bugle horn \Bu"gle horn`\
1. A bugle.
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One blast upon his bugle horn
Were worth a thousand men. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A drinking vessel made of horn. [Obs.]
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And drinketh of his bugle horn the wine. --Chaucer.
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Bugled
(gcide) | Bugled \Bu"gled\, a.
Ornamented with bugles.
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Bugler
(gcide) | Bugler \Bu"gler\, n.
One who plays on a bugle.
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Bugleweed
(gcide) | Bugleweed \Bu"gle*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. {Lycopus
Virginicus}, which has mild narcotic and astringent
properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.
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Kent bugle
(gcide) | Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke
of Kent.] (Mus.)
A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle.
--Moore.
[1913 Webster]Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [See Bugle a wild ox.]
1. A horn used by hunters.
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2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone,
shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes
keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely
in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called
also the Kent bugle.
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key bugle
(gcide) | Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke
of Kent.] (Mus.)
A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle.
--Moore.
[1913 Webster]Key \Key\ (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.]
1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot
or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to
the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning
in its place.
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2. A small device which is inserted into a mechanism and
turned like a key to fasten, adjust, or wind it; as, a
watch key; a bed key; the winding key for a clock, etc.
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3. One of a set of small movable parts on an instrument or
machine which, by being depressed, serves as the means of
operating it; the complete set of keys is usually called
the keyboard; as, the keys of a piano, an organ, an
accordion, a computer keyboard, or of a typewriter. The
keys may operate parts of the instrument by a mechanical
action, as on a piano, or by closing an electrical
circuit, as on a computer keyboard. See also senses 12 and
13.
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4. A position or condition which affords entrance, control,
pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the
key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence,
that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve
something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle;
the key to a problem. Similarly, see also senses 14 and
15.
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Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true
key of books. --Locke.
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Who keeps the keys of all the creeds. --Tennyson.
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5. That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make
fast, or adjust to position.
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6. (Arch.)
(a) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
(b) The last board of a floor when laid down.
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7. (Masonry)
(a) A keystone.
(b) That part of the plastering which is forced through
between the laths and holds the rest in place.
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8. (Mach.)
(a) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their
relative position; a cotter; a forelock. See Illusts.
of Cotter, and Gib.
(b) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley,
coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative
turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more
frequently by its resistance to shearing, being
usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the
crank, pulley, etc.
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9. (Bot.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a
wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; --
called also key fruit.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) A family of tones whose regular members are called
diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one
(or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five,
subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or
two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are
temporary members of a key, under such names as "
sharp four," "flat seven," etc. Scales and tunes of
every variety are made from the tones of a key.
(b) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its
modulations are referred, and with which it generally
begins and ends; keynote.
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Both warbling of one song, both in one key.
--Shak.
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11. Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or
utterance.
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You fall at once into a lower key. --Cowper.
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12. (Teleg.) A metallic lever by which the circuit of the
sending or transmitting part of a station equipment may
be easily and rapidly opened and closed; as, a telegraph
key.
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13. any device for closing or opening an electric circuit,
especially as part of a keyboard, as that used at a
computer terminal or teletype terminal.
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14. A simplified version or analysis which accompanies
something as a clue to its explanation, a book or table
containing the solutions to problems, ciphers,
allegories, or the like; or (Biol.) a table or synopsis
of conspicuous distinguishing characters of members of a
taxonomic group.
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15. (Computers) A word or other combination of symbols which
serves as an index identifying and pointing to a
particular record, file, or location which can be
retrieved and displayed by a computer program; as, a
database using multi-word keys. When the key is a word,
it is also called a keyword.
[PJC]
Key bed. Same as Key seat.
Key bolt, a bolt which has a mortise near the end, and is
secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut.
Key bugle. See Kent bugle.
Key of a position or Key of a country. (Mil.) See Key,
4.
Key seat (Mach.), a bed or groove to receive a key which
prevents one part from turning on the other.
Key way, a channel for a key, in the hole of a piece which
is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; -- called also
key seat.
Key wrench (Mach.), an adjustable wrench in which the
movable jaw is made fast by a key.
Power of the keys (Eccl.), the authority claimed by the
ministry in some Christian churches to administer the
discipline of the church, and to grant or withhold its
privileges; -- so called from the declaration of Christ,
"I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven."
--Matt. xvi. 19.
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Key bugle
(gcide) | Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke
of Kent.] (Mus.)
A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle.
--Moore.
[1913 Webster]Key \Key\ (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.]
1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot
or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to
the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning
in its place.
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2. A small device which is inserted into a mechanism and
turned like a key to fasten, adjust, or wind it; as, a
watch key; a bed key; the winding key for a clock, etc.
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3. One of a set of small movable parts on an instrument or
machine which, by being depressed, serves as the means of
operating it; the complete set of keys is usually called
the keyboard; as, the keys of a piano, an organ, an
accordion, a computer keyboard, or of a typewriter. The
keys may operate parts of the instrument by a mechanical
action, as on a piano, or by closing an electrical
circuit, as on a computer keyboard. See also senses 12 and
13.
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4. A position or condition which affords entrance, control,
pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the
key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence,
that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve
something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle;
the key to a problem. Similarly, see also senses 14 and
15.
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Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true
key of books. --Locke.
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Who keeps the keys of all the creeds. --Tennyson.
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5. That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make
fast, or adjust to position.
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6. (Arch.)
(a) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
(b) The last board of a floor when laid down.
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7. (Masonry)
(a) A keystone.
(b) That part of the plastering which is forced through
between the laths and holds the rest in place.
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8. (Mach.)
(a) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their
relative position; a cotter; a forelock. See Illusts.
of Cotter, and Gib.
(b) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley,
coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative
turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more
frequently by its resistance to shearing, being
usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the
crank, pulley, etc.
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9. (Bot.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a
wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; --
called also key fruit.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) A family of tones whose regular members are called
diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one
(or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five,
subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or
two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are
temporary members of a key, under such names as "
sharp four," "flat seven," etc. Scales and tunes of
every variety are made from the tones of a key.
(b) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its
modulations are referred, and with which it generally
begins and ends; keynote.
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Both warbling of one song, both in one key.
--Shak.
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11. Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or
utterance.
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You fall at once into a lower key. --Cowper.
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12. (Teleg.) A metallic lever by which the circuit of the
sending or transmitting part of a station equipment may
be easily and rapidly opened and closed; as, a telegraph
key.
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13. any device for closing or opening an electric circuit,
especially as part of a keyboard, as that used at a
computer terminal or teletype terminal.
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14. A simplified version or analysis which accompanies
something as a clue to its explanation, a book or table
containing the solutions to problems, ciphers,
allegories, or the like; or (Biol.) a table or synopsis
of conspicuous distinguishing characters of members of a
taxonomic group.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (Computers) A word or other combination of symbols which
serves as an index identifying and pointing to a
particular record, file, or location which can be
retrieved and displayed by a computer program; as, a
database using multi-word keys. When the key is a word,
it is also called a keyword.
[PJC]
Key bed. Same as Key seat.
Key bolt, a bolt which has a mortise near the end, and is
secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut.
Key bugle. See Kent bugle.
Key of a position or Key of a country. (Mil.) See Key,
4.
Key seat (Mach.), a bed or groove to receive a key which
prevents one part from turning on the other.
Key way, a channel for a key, in the hole of a piece which
is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; -- called also
key seat.
Key wrench (Mach.), an adjustable wrench in which the
movable jaw is made fast by a key.
Power of the keys (Eccl.), the authority claimed by the
ministry in some Christian churches to administer the
discipline of the church, and to grant or withhold its
privileges; -- so called from the declaration of Christ,
"I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven."
--Matt. xvi. 19.
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keyed bugle
(gcide) | Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke
of Kent.] (Mus.)
A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle.
--Moore.
[1913 Webster]Keyed \Keyed\ (k[=e]d), a.
Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a
key, as a tune.
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Keyed bugle. See Kent bugle.
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Keyed bugle
(gcide) | Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke
of Kent.] (Mus.)
A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle.
--Moore.
[1913 Webster]Keyed \Keyed\ (k[=e]d), a.
Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a
key, as a tune.
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Keyed bugle. See Kent bugle.
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Yellow bugle
(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.
[1913 Webster]Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of
the Old World.
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Yellow bugle, the Ajuga cham[ae]pitys.
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blue bugle
(wn) | blue bugle
n 1: upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers;
southern Europe [syn: erect bugle, blue bugle, {Ajuga
genevensis}] |
bugle call
(wn) | bugle call
n 1: a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle |
bugler
(wn) | bugler
n 1: someone who plays a bugle |
bugleweed
(wn) | bugleweed
n 1: a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small
whitish flowers; eastern United States [syn: bugleweed,
Lycopus virginicus]
2: any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen
herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover [syn: bugle,
bugleweed] |
creeping bugle
(wn) | creeping bugle
n 1: low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of
blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States [syn:
creeping bugle, Ajuga reptans] |
erect bugle
(wn) | erect bugle
n 1: upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers;
southern Europe [syn: erect bugle, blue bugle, {Ajuga
genevensis}] |
pyramid bugle
(wn) | pyramid bugle
n 1: European evergreen carpeting perennial [syn: {pyramid
bugle}, Ajuga pyramidalis] |
scarlet bugler
(wn) | scarlet bugler
n 1: plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow
clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from
central California southward [syn: scarlet bugler,
Penstemon centranthifolius] |
yellow bugle
(wn) | yellow bugle
n 1: low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly
aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North
Africa [syn: ground pine, yellow bugle, {Ajuga
chamaepitys}] |
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