The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yellows \Yel"lows\, n.
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(Far.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows.
--Shak. (Bot.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
(Zo["o]l.) A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur.
Reformade \Ref`or*made"\ (r?f`?r*m?d"), n. A reformado. [Obs.]
Fract \Fract\ (fr[a^]kt), v. t. [L. fractus, p. p. of frangere
to break.]
To break; to violate. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. (blue mussel English)
n. 1 (plural of yellow English) 2 (context archaic English) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes. 3 (context archaic English) A disease of plants, especially peach trees, in which the leaf turn a yellowish colour. vb. (en-third-person singular of: yellow)
a. (alternative form of clusterized English)
n. (plural of adoptability English)
vb. (en-simple past of: go to bed)
n. (diving mask English)
n. (context obsolete English) A reformado.
a. cryptanalytic
n. (plural of planeful English)
a. energetic; pushy. (from 19th c.)
vb. (context obsolete English) To break; to violate.
Usage examples of "fract".
His relationship with van Delden was a very strange one now, the old subservience overlaid by a pushful self-confidence, and yet underneath it I sensed that nothing had really changed, the bond between them as strong as ever, so that I wasn't surprised at the deep concern in his voice as he said, 'Please, you take my advice.
And that when he was simply seeking an all-round nervous stimulant to bring languid people up to the stresses of these pushful days.