adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 of, like, or tasting of yeast; frothy.

- in a ferment.

- working like yeast.

- (of talk etc.) Light and superficial.

card n. Card shown by the referee to a football-player being cautioned.

- fever n. Tropical virus disease with fever and jaundice.

- flag n. Flag displayed by a ship in quarantine.

- pages n.pl. Propr. Telephone directory on yellow paper, listing and classifying business subscribers.

- pepper n. Ripe yellow fruit of the capsicum plant.

- spot n. Point of acutest vision in the retina.

- streak n. Colloq. Trait of cowardice.

- —adj. - of the colour of buttercups, lemons, egg-yolks, etc.

- having a yellow skin or complexion.

- colloq. Cowardly. —n. - yellow colour or pigment.

- yellow clothes or material. —v. Turn yellow. yellowish adj. Yellowness n. Yellowy adj. [old english: related to *gold]

n. - esp. Hist. Man holding and cultivating a small landed estate.

- member of the yeomanry force. yeomanly adj. [from earlier yoman, yeman, etc., probably = young man]

- of the guard n. Member of the sovereign's bodyguard.

- warder n. (correct term for) a “beefeater” at the tower of london.

n. Colloq. Weakly acquiescent person.

int. Expressing delight or excitement. [natural exclamation]

int. Cry used by fox-hunters to urge on the hounds. [origin unknown]

—adv. Over there; at some distance in that direction; in the place indicated. —adj. Situated yonder.

int. Used to attract a person's attention. [natural exclamation]

n. Cricket ball that pitches immediately under the bat. [probably with ref. To the practice of yorkshire cricketers]

int. Expressing pleasure from eating or the prospect of eating. [natural exclamation]