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Pity
(gcide) | Pity \Pit"y\, n.; pl. Pities. [OE. pite, OF. pit['e],
piti['e], F. piti['e], L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See
Pious, and cf. Piety.]
1. Piety. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or
others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another;
compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
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He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the
Lord. --Prov. xix.
17.
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He . . . has no more pity in him than a dog. --Shak.
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3. A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be
regretted. "The more the pity." --Shak.
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What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
--Addison.
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Note: In this sense, sometimes used in the plural, especially
in the colloquialism: "It is a thousand pities."
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Syn: Compassion; mercy; commiseration; condolence; sympathy,
fellow-suffering; fellow-feeling. -- Pity, Sympathy,
Compassion. Sympathy is literally fellow-feeling, and
therefore requiers a certain degree of equality in
situation, circumstances, etc., to its fullest exercise.
Compassion is deep tenderness for another under severe
or inevitable misfortune. Pity regards its object not
only as suffering, but weak, and hence as inferior.
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Pity
(gcide) | Pity \Pit"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pitying.]
1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to
compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings
toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
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Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
pitieth them that fear him. --Ps. ciii.
13.
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2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
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It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.
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Pity
(gcide) | Pity \Pit"y\, v. i.
To be compassionate; to show pity.
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I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy. --Jer.
xiii. 14.
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pity
(wn) | pity
n 1: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of
others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn:
commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos]
2: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
[syn: pity, shame]
3: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others
and wanting to do something about it [syn: compassion,
pity]
v 1: share the suffering of [syn: feel for, pity,
compassionate, condole with, sympathize with] |
pity
(devil) | PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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pitying
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pityingly
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pityriasis
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pityriasis alba
(encz) | pityriasis alba, n: |
pityriasis rosea
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self-pity
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serendipity
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unpitying
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uppity
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uppityness
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with pity
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A Chamaepitys
(gcide) | ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it.
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There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
5.
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The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
earth.
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2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
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From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.
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3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
--Dryden. 4.
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4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
the ground of my hope.
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5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
white ground. See Background, Foreground, and
Middle-ground.
(b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
raised in relief.
(c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
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6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
where an opening is made by the needle.
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7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
usually in the plural.
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Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
floated flush with them.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
a varying melody.
(b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
--Moore (Encyc.).
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On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
--Shak.
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9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
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10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a
float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
--Simmonds.
Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a
fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of
carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living
mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.)
(a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an
inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
tomato (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
(b) A European shrub (Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with
small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons
of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the
Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on
the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the
botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of
the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
as projected.
Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var.
Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.)
(a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax).
See Woodchuck.
(b) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under
Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian
parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and
Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccid[ae]
(Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the
Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung
like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
(Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to
the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons
which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed
pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan
Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura,
and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.)
(a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A.
Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous
smell. --Sir J. Hill.
(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also {club
moss}.
(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in
moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
States. --Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in
perspective drawing.
Ground plate.
(a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
groundsel.
(b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
mudsill.
(c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
--Knight.
Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is
erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on
another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
--Tatler.
Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake
(Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.)
(a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek
pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
(b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to
Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell.
(a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
(b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
vessel at anchor. --Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of
bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae].
See Pitta.
Ground tier.
(a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
--Totten.
(b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
vessel's hold.
(c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
--Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite,
Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to
nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground.
(a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
army in battle gains ground.
(b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
army gains ground on the enemy.
(c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.]
"Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." --Milton.
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There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
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These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or
encroachment. --Atterbury.
To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; --
said of a ship.
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Ajuga Chamaepitys
(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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Ajuga chamaepitys
(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]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers,
etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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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Monotropa hypopitys
(gcide) | Pinesap \Pine"sap`\, n. (Bot.)
A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa ({Monotropa
hypopitys}), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of
pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
[1913 Webster]Bird's nest \Bird's" nest`\, or Bird's-nest \Bird's-nest\, n.
1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow ({Collocalia
nidifica} and several allied species), of China and the
neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
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Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs
on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of alg[ae].
They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance
resemble isinglass. See Illust. under Edible.
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3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus
Neottia (Neottia nidus-avis).
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Bird's-nest pudding, a pudding containing apples whose
cores have been replaced by sugar.
Yellow bird's nest, a plant, the Monotropa hypopitys.
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Pity
(gcide) | Pity \Pit"y\, n.; pl. Pities. [OE. pite, OF. pit['e],
piti['e], F. piti['e], L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See
Pious, and cf. Piety.]
1. Piety. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or
others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another;
compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
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He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the
Lord. --Prov. xix.
17.
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He . . . has no more pity in him than a dog. --Shak.
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3. A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be
regretted. "The more the pity." --Shak.
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What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
--Addison.
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Note: In this sense, sometimes used in the plural, especially
in the colloquialism: "It is a thousand pities."
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Syn: Compassion; mercy; commiseration; condolence; sympathy,
fellow-suffering; fellow-feeling. -- Pity, Sympathy,
Compassion. Sympathy is literally fellow-feeling, and
therefore requiers a certain degree of equality in
situation, circumstances, etc., to its fullest exercise.
Compassion is deep tenderness for another under severe
or inevitable misfortune. Pity regards its object not
only as suffering, but weak, and hence as inferior.
[1913 Webster]Pity \Pit"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pitying.]
1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to
compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings
toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
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Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
pitieth them that fear him. --Ps. ciii.
13.
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2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
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It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.
[1913 Webster]Pity \Pit"y\, v. i.
To be compassionate; to show pity.
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I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy. --Jer.
xiii. 14.
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Pitying
(gcide) | Pity \Pit"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pitying.]
1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to
compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings
toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
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Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
pitieth them that fear him. --Ps. ciii.
13.
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2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
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It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.
[1913 Webster]Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, a.
Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. --
Pit"y*ing*ly, adv.
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Pityingly
(gcide) | Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, a.
Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. --
Pit"y*ing*ly, adv.
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Pityriasis
(gcide) | Pityriasis \Pit`y*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, lit.,
bran.]
1. (Med.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized
by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in
branlike particles.
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2. (Veter.) A disease of domestic animals characterized by
dry epithelial scales, and due to digestive disturbances
and alteration of the function of the sebaceous glands.
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Pityriasis versicolor [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of
the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or
brownish patches.
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Pityriasis versicolor
(gcide) | Pityriasis \Pit`y*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, lit.,
bran.]
1. (Med.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized
by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in
branlike particles.
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2. (Veter.) A disease of domestic animals characterized by
dry epithelial scales, and due to digestive disturbances
and alteration of the function of the sebaceous glands.
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Pityriasis versicolor [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of
the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or
brownish patches.
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Pityroid
(gcide) | Pityroid \Pit"y*roid\, a. [Gr. ? bran + -oid.]
Having the form of, or resembling, bran. --Smart.
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Unpity
(gcide) | Unpity \Un*pit"y\, n.
Want of piety. [Obs.]
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Unpitying
(gcide) | Unpitying \Unpitying\
See pitying. |
ajuga chamaepitys
(wn) | Ajuga chamaepitys
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}] |
family sciadopityaceae
(wn) | family Sciadopityaceae
n 1: family comprising a single genus that until recently was
considered part of Taxodiaceae [syn: Sciadopityaceae,
family Sciadopityaceae] |
genus hypopitys
(wn) | genus Hypopitys
n 1: term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which
are usually included in the genus Monotropa [syn:
Hypopitys, genus Hypopitys] |
genus pitymys
(wn) | genus Pitymys
n 1: pine mice [syn: Pitymys, genus Pitymys] |
genus pityrogramma
(wn) | genus Pityrogramma
n 1: terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery
yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family
Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae [syn: Pityrogramma, {genus
Pityrogramma}] |
genus prumnopitys
(wn) | genus Prumnopitys
n 1: mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than
in Podocarpus [syn: Prumnopitys, genus Prumnopitys] |
genus sciadopitys
(wn) | genus Sciadopitys
n 1: type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella
pines [syn: Sciadopitys, genus Sciadopitys] |
hypopitys
(wn) | Hypopitys
n 1: term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which
are usually included in the genus Monotropa [syn:
Hypopitys, genus Hypopitys] |
pityingly
(wn) | pityingly
adv 1: in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him
pityingly" [syn: pityingly, compassionately] |
pitymys
(wn) | Pitymys
n 1: pine mice [syn: Pitymys, genus Pitymys] |
pitymys pinetorum
(wn) | Pitymys pinetorum
n 1: short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern
United States [syn: pine vole, pine mouse, {Pitymys
pinetorum}] |
pityriasis
(wn) | pityriasis
n 1: any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry
flakes of skin |
pityriasis alba
(wn) | pityriasis alba
n 1: common form of pityriasis (usually in children or young
adults) characterized by round patches of depigmentation |
pityriasis rosea
(wn) | pityriasis rosea
n 1: pityriasis in which an itchy rash develops over the trunk
and extremities |
pityrogramma
(wn) | Pityrogramma
n 1: terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery
yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family
Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae [syn: Pityrogramma, {genus
Pityrogramma}] |
pityrogramma argentea
(wn) | Pityrogramma argentea
n 1: fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white
undersides [syn: silver fern, Pityrogramma argentea] |
pityrogramma calomelanos
(wn) | Pityrogramma calomelanos
n 1: tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
[syn: silver fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos] |
pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava
(wn) | Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava
n 1: tropical American fern having fronds with light golden
undersides [syn: golden fern, {Pityrogramma calomelanos
aureoflava}] |
pityrogramma chrysophylla
(wn) | Pityrogramma chrysophylla
n 1: fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with
bright golden-yellow undersides [syn: gold fern,
Pityrogramma chrysophylla] |
prumnopitys
(wn) | Prumnopitys
n 1: mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than
in Podocarpus [syn: Prumnopitys, genus Prumnopitys] |
prumnopitys amara
(wn) | Prumnopitys amara
n 1: a large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree
having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of
Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland [syn:
Sundacarpus amara, Prumnopitys amara, {Podocarpus
amara}] |
prumnopitys andina
(wn) | Prumnopitys andina
n 1: South American evergreen tree or shrub [syn: {plum-fruited
yew}, Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans] |
prumnopitys elegans
(wn) | Prumnopitys elegans
n 1: South American evergreen tree or shrub [syn: {plum-fruited
yew}, Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans] |
prumnopitys ferruginea
(wn) | Prumnopitys ferruginea
n 1: New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used
for interior carpentry [syn: miro, black pine,
Prumnopitys ferruginea, Podocarpus ferruginea] |
prumnopitys taxifolia
(wn) | Prumnopitys taxifolia
n 1: conifer of Australia and New Zealand [syn: matai, {black
pine}, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata] |
sciadopityaceae
(wn) | Sciadopityaceae
n 1: family comprising a single genus that until recently was
considered part of Taxodiaceae [syn: Sciadopityaceae,
family Sciadopityaceae] |
sciadopitys
(wn) | Sciadopitys
n 1: type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella
pines [syn: Sciadopitys, genus Sciadopitys] |
sciadopitys verticillata
(wn) | Sciadopitys verticillata
n 1: tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and
needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends
of twigs [syn: Japanese umbrella pine, {Sciadopitys
verticillata}] |
self-pity
(wn) | self-pity
n 1: a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own
sufferings |
serendipity
(wn) | serendipity
n 1: good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries |
unpitying
(wn) | unpitying
adj 1: without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a
monster of remorseless cruelty" [syn: pitiless,
remorseless, ruthless, unpitying] |
uppity
(wn) | uppity
adj 1: presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening
manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"-
S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be
slapped down"- NY Times [syn: overweening, uppity] |
uppityness
(wn) | uppityness
n 1: assumption of airs beyond one's station [syn: uppityness,
uppishness] |
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