yellow winged (yelowingd)

Marked with yellow on the wing, as various birds, etc.-Blue yellow-winged warbler, Helm int hop hag a chrysoptera. See cut under Helm int hop hag a. - Yellow-winged locust, a North American locust, or short-horned gra hopper, Tomo not us sulph ure us: so called from its yellow hind wings. T. W. Harris. - Yellow-winged sparrow, a gra hopper-sparrow, Coturniculus pa er in us. See cut under Coturniculus. - Yellow-winged sugar-bird, a common guitguit, Cæreb a cyanea. See cut under Coære binæ.-Yellow-winged woodpecker, the yellow-shaft tic.-2. Clad rast is tinct or i a, the American or Kentucky yellow-wood, in cultivation commonly known as Virgilia lutea, also called gopher- wood and yellow ash. In the wild state it is a rare tree, found locally in Kentucky, Tenne ee, and Yellow-wood ( Clad rast is tinct or i a ). a, pod. North Carolina. It grows from 30 to 45 feet high, and bears pinnate leaves with seven to ten leaflets, and ample racemes of white pea-like flowers drooping from the ends of the branches. It is highly ornamental for both flow ers and foliage. It has a hard yellow wood, which is used for fuel and to some extent for gun-stocks, and yields a clear yellow dye. For another American yellow-wood, see Schafferia. The Osage orange, Maclura aurantiaca, IMG:content-2690.jpg:[blocks in formation] Now a hen yelps on the other side, and he [a turkey-cock] pauses between the two calls, then struts and gobbles Sport with Rod and Gun , II. 762. again. yelp (yelp), n. [ zelp , gielp , gylp , boast; from the verb.] 1. A boast; boasting.-2. An eager bark or cry; a sharp, quick bark or cry caused by fear or pain. The dog With inward yelp and restle forefoot plies His function of the woodland. Tennyson, Lucretius. He put the dog's nose in and patted him, and Spike gave a yelp, as if a rat were in prospect. R. D. Black more , Kit and Kitty, xxiv. yelper (yel'per), n. [ yelpere ; yelp + -er1.] 1. One who boasts; a boaster. The yelpere is the cockou, thet ne kan nazt zinge bote of him-zelue. Ayenbite of Inwyt , p. 22. 2. One who or that which yelps. Specifically (a) A young dog; a whelp. Hall i well . (b) In ornith.: (1) The avoset, Recurvirostra avocetta : so called from its cry. [Local, Eng.] (2) The greater yellowlegs, Totanus melanoleucus . Shore Birds, p. 37. (c) A whistle or call used by sportsmen to imitate the cry of the wild turkey hen. We now take our yelper, and give a few sharp yelps; he [a wild turkey] hears the call. Sport with Rod and Gun, II. 762. of the same genus as the fustic, is sometimes so named, as is also the shrub-yellow root, Xanthorrhiza apiifolia . verbal n. of yelp , v.] 1t. Boasting.