Anglo-Saxon, geolu, yellow; Italian, giallo; Danish, guul; Icelandic, gull, our gold, yellow metal. Yellow indicates jealousy, inconstancy, and adultery. In France the doors of traitors…
(Encyclopedia) Yellow Emperor, Mandarin Huangdi, legendary Chinese ruler and culture hero; tradition holds that he reigned from 2697 b.c. to 2597 b.c. He is one of the mythical prehistoric emperors…
(A). A gold sovereign. “John did not starve the cause: there wanted not yellow-boys to fee counsel.” —Arbuthnot: John Bull. Yellow-boy (A). A bankrupt. The French call a bankrupt…
A certain queen had a daughter named ALL-FAIR, of incomparable beauty. One day the queen went to consult the Desert-Fairy, but, being weary, lay down to rest, and fell asleep. On waking…
Frogs, fenmen. The Mexicans are so called. “When the Queen's Prize was won at Wimbledon, July 21st, 1885, by Sergeant Bulmer, 2nd Lincoln, his victory was hailed with `Well done, yellow-…
The flag displayed from lazarettos, naval hospitals, and vessels in quarantine. (See Union Jack.) Yellow Jack (The). The yellow fever. “Raymond and all his family died of yellow fever,…
A notable insurrection in China, in the reign of Hân-lingtee (168-189), headed by Tchang-keo, and so called from the caps worn by the rebels, which were all of the imperial colour.…
(Encyclopedia) Luks, George BenjaminLuks, George Benjaminl&oomacr;ks [key], 1867–1933, American portrait and genre painter, b. Williamsport, Pa., studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine…
(The). The Edinburgh Review; so called from its yellow and blue cover. The back is yellow, the rest of the cover is blue. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
A report drawn up by government every year since 1861, designed to furnish historians with reliable information of the state, external and internal, of the French nation. It is called…
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