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Colour of banana, next to sink, is a warning sign
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yellow flag
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In International maritime signal flags , plain yellow, green, and even black flags have been used to symbolize disease in both ships and ports, with the color yellow having a longer historical precedent, as a color of marking for houses of infection, previous ...
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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 .] A space of forty days; -- used of Lent. Specifically, ...
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n. A Eurasian and northwest-African aquatic iris, ''Iris pseudacorus''.
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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 ]
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To the popular mind in early days, the fluttering segment of the perianth suggested the waving of a flag, hence the origin of the names 'Yellow Flag,' 'Water Flag' and 'Sword Flag,' and corruptions of the name such as 'Flaggon,' 'Flaggon's' and perhaps 'Fliggers,' the latter stated to be applied to it from the motion of its leaves by the slightest breeze.
Ropes of saliva spilled from the corners of his lips and splattered onto Zouga's boots , but the yellow flag was in sight.
The yellow flag flapped heavily against the stay-wires above our heads.
First, a yellow flag would be hoisted at the Arrogant's mizen peak and a gun fired, signalling that an execution was to take place.
With despair in his heart Nefer saw it fly wide, missing the target completely, and the yellow flag went up.