yel

{ it>or }, n. [ Cf. Yellow. ] (Zool.) The yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Yolk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their hideous yells
Rend the dark welkin. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Yelled p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling. ] [ OE. yellen, &yogh_;ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. gälla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale. ] To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. [ 1913 Webster ]

They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round
Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The uttering of one or more loud inarticulate cries, as of pain or excitement.
Syn. -- shouting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Yellowed p. pr. & vb. n. Yellowing. ] To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. “A long motley coat guarded with yellow.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A yellow pigment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cadmium yellow,
Chrome yellow,
Indigo yellow,
King's yellow, etc. See under Cadmium, Chrome, etc. --
Naples yellow, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. --
Patent yellow (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also Turner's yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]