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Lateward \Late"ward\, a. & adv. Somewhat late; backward. [Obs.] ``Lateward lands.''
--Holland.

Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.

Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted flycatcher ( Muscicapa grisola). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher ( Myiarchus crinitus), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ( Pyrocephalus rubineus). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ( Sylvania Canadensis), and the hooded flycatcher ( S. mitrata). See Tyrant flycatcher.

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.

   Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
   --Chaucer.

   A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
   --Milton.

   The line of yellow light dies fast away.
   --Keble.

2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak. [Slang]

3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.] 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 Cham[ae]pitys). Yellow bunting (Zo["o]l.), the European yellow-hammer. Yellow cat (Zo["o]l.), 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 pr[ae]cox), 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.

   1. The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack.

   2. The quarantine flag. See under Quarantine. Yellow jacket (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou. Yellow macauco (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou. Yellow mackerel (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the common American perch. See Perch. Yellow pike (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by anglers. Yellow sculpin (Zo["o]l.), the dragonet. Yellow snake (Zo["o]l.), 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.

      1. (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.

      2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the fer-de-lance. Yellow warbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color is yellow, especially Dendroica [ae]stiva, 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 (Zo["o]l.)

         1. The European willow warbler.

         2. The European wood warbler.

Gnarly \Gnarl"y\, a. Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, n.

1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.]
   --B. Jonson.

2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.]
   --Nares.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover.]

1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

   With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
   --Dryden

2. To recall; to bring back.

   To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
   --Berkeley.

3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.

   Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.
   --Prior.

   There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved.
   --Burke.

   Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
--Walsh.

1829, "knotted and rugged," from gnarl (see gnarled) + -y (2). Picked up 1970s as surfer slang to describe a dangerous wave; it had spread in teen slang by 1982, where it meant both "excellent" and "disgusting."

early 15c., retreve, originally in reference to dogs finding lost game, from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retreuver (Modern French retrouver) "find again, recover, meet again, recognize," from re- "again" (see re-) + trouver "to find," probably from Vulgar Latin *tropare "to compose" (see trove). Altered 16c. to retrive; modern form is from mid-17c.

n. (plural of molecular weight English)

n. (plural of knosp English)

n. (alternative form of rubab English)

vb. (en-simple past of: go to bed)

vb. (present participle of pinken English)

adv. (label en obsolete) rather late

n. (plural of shoveller English)

vb. (present participle of peenge English)

vb. (context colloquial English) Chiefly of a heterosexual woman, to engage in lesbian activity

vb. 1 (context baseball English) To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium. 2 (context idiomatic by extension English) To produce a spectacular achievement.

n. (plural of bioscope English)

n. Any of many kinds of birds, of the families ''Muscicapidae'' (in Europe and Asia) and ''Tyrannidae'' (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.

a. Like a lunk; stupid, foolish.

n. (plural of subresource English)

vb. (present participle of peter out English)

n. (plural of terin English)

n. (plural of spectrohelioscope English)

n. (plural of trebuchet English)

a. 1 having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled 2 (context US slang English) dangerous 3 (context US slang English) unpleasant, awful, ugly 4 (context slang English) excellent, attractive 5 (context US slang English) Of music or a sound, harsh

n. (context US English) someone who is on vacation

n. (plural of chiffonier English)

n. (plural of recoloration English)

alt. One who fights as if in a rage; one who berserks. n. One who fights as if in a rage; one who berserks.

vb. (present participle of cry out against English)

n. (plural of insultation English)

n. 1 A retrieval 2 (context sports English) The return of a difficult ball 3 (context obsolete English) A seeking again; a discovery. 4 (context obsolete English) The recovery of game once sprung. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To regain or get back something. 2 (context transitive English) To rescue (a) creature(s) 3 (context transitive English) To salvage something 4 (context transitive English) To remedy or rectify something. 5 (context transitive English) To remember or recall something. 6 (context transitive English) To fetch or carry back something. 7 (context transitive English) To fetch and bring in game. 8 (context intransitive English) To fetch and bring in game systematically. 9 (context intransitive English) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game. 10 (context sports transitive English) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball. 11 (context obsolete English) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).

1. n. any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing [syn: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher]

2. large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing [syn: New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird]

n. the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body [syn: auditory cortex]

n. corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body [syn: prosthesis]

adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: gnarled, knotted, knotty, knobbed]

n. someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work [syn: vacationist]

1. v. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, find, regain]

2. of trained dogs

3. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: forget]