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Webster 1913 Edition

Yellows

Yel′lows

,
Noun.
1.
(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
.
Shakespeare
2.
(Bot.)
A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
3.
(Zool.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yellows

YELLOWS

,
Noun.
A disease of horses, cattle and sheep, in which the eyes are tinged with a yellow color, proceeding often from obstructions in the gall-ducts. It is relieved by purges.

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