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   snarl
         n 1: a vicious angry growl
         2: an angry vicious expression
         3: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
            regulations" [syn: {tangle}, {snarl}, {maze}]
         v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk
               snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled
               at us" [syn: {snap}, {snarl}]
         2: make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets
            snarled past us"
         3: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
            entangled the cord" [syn: {entangle}, {tangle}, {mat},
            {snarl}] [ant: {disentangle}, {straighten out}, {unsnarl}]
         4: make more complicated or confused through entanglements [syn:
            {snarl}, {snarl up}, {embrangle}]

English Dictionary: snarl by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snarl up
v
  1. make more complicated or confused through entanglements
    Synonym(s): snarl, snarl up, embrangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snarl-up
n
  1. a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
    Synonym(s): traffic jam, snarl-up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snarled
adj
  1. tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"
    Synonym(s): knotty, snarled, snarly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snarly
adj
  1. tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"
    Synonym(s): knotty, snarled, snarly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sonora lac
n
  1. resembling lac; secreted by a scale living on twigs of certain Mexican shrubs; used locally as medicine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sumerology
n
  1. the archeology of ancient Sumerians
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
summarily
adv
  1. without delay; in a summary manner; "the suspected spy was summarily executed"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sun-ray lamp
n
  1. a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
    Synonym(s): sunlamp, sun lamp, sunray lamp, sun-ray lamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunray lamp
n
  1. a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
    Synonym(s): sunlamp, sun lamp, sunray lamp, sun-ray lamp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snakeroot \Snake"root`\, n. (Bot.)
      Any one of several plants of different genera and species,
      most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be
      efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the
      roots of any of these.
  
      Note: The Virginia snakeroot is {Aristolochia Serpentaria};
               black snakeroot is {Sanicula}, esp. {S. Marilandica},
               also {Cimicifuga racemosa}; Seneca snakeroot is
               {Polygala Senega}; button snakeroot is {Liatris}, also
               {Eryngium}; white snakeroot is {Eupatorium
               ageratoides}. The name is also applied to some others
               besides these.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Semihoral \Sem`i*ho"ral\, a.
      Half-hourly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smerlin \Smer"lin\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small loach.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [From {Snare}, v. t.]
      1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to
            snarl a skein of thread. [bd]Her snarled hair.[b8]
            --Spenser.
  
      2. To embarrass; to insnare.
  
                     [The] question that they would have snarled him
                     with.                                                --Latimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarl \Snarl\, n.
      A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like,
      difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate
      complication; embarrassing difficulty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarl \Snarl\, v. i. [From {Snar}.]
      1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter
            grumbling sounds. [bd]An angry cur snarls while he
            feeds.[b8] --Dryden & Lee.
  
      2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
  
                     It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little
                     lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands
                     not exempted.                                    --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snarled}; p. pr. & vvb. n.
      {Snarling}.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
      To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
      ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner
      surface.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarl \Snarl\, n.
      The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression;
      an angry contention.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snarled}; p. pr. & vvb. n.
      {Snarling}.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
      To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
      ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner
      surface.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarler \Snarl"er\, n.
      One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling,
      quarrelsome fellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarler \Snarl"er\, n.
      One who makes use of a snarling iron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snarled}; p. pr. & vvb. n.
      {Snarling}.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
      To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
      ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner
      surface.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarling \Snarl"ing\,
      a. & n. from {Snarl}, v.
  
      {Snarling iron}, a tool with a long beak, used in the process
            of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank
            is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other
            end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the
            requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st {Snarl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snarling \Snarl"ing\,
      a. & n. from {Snarl}, v.
  
      {Snarling iron}, a tool with a long beak, used in the process
            of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank
            is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other
            end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the
            requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st {Snarl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summarily \Sum"ma*ri*ly\, adv.
      In a summary manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Golden \Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden,
      from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.]
      1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
  
      2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
  
      3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
            auspicious; as, golden opinions.
  
      {Golden age}.
            (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
                  manners in rural employments, followed by the silver,
                  bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden.
            (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
                  14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
                  Cicero, C[91]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
            (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
                  it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
                  greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
                  considered the golden age of English literature.
  
      {Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
            pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
            coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
            London having been Lombards.
  
      {Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict.
  
      {Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named
            from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
  
      {Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
            aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
            flowers.
  
      {Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup.
  
      {Golden eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a large and powerful eagle
            ({Aquila Chrysa[89]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and
            North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow
            tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety
            is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year
            is the {ring-tailed eagle}.
  
      {Golden fleece}.
            (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
                  from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
                  Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
                  Argonautic expedition.
            (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
                  Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
                  {Toison d'Or}.
  
      {Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
  
      {Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
            with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}.
           
  
      {Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
            overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
            century.
  
      {Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the [bd]Aurea Legenda[b8])
            written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the
            13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483,
            and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
            entitled.
  
      {Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.]
  
      {Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
            sufficiency without excess; moderation.
  
                     Angels guard him in the golden mean.   --Pope.
  
      {Golden mole} (Zo[94]l), one of several South African
            Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[91]}, resembling
            moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
            purple, and gold.
  
      {Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
            lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
            is so called from having formerly been written in the
            calendar in gold.
  
      {Golden oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Oriole}.
  
      {Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}.
  
      {Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
           
  
      {Golden plover} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of
            plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({C.
            apricarius, [or] pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow,
            black-breasted, hill, [and] whistling, plover}. The common
            American species ({C. dominicus}) is also called
            {frostbird}, and {bullhead}.
  
      {Golden robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab.
           
  
      {Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
            the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
            church or person in recognition of special services
            rendered to the Holy See.
  
      {Golden rule}.
            (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
                  Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
            (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
  
      {Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
            crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
  
      {Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
            ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet
            places in early spring.
  
      {Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
            ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock
            and large rounded leaves.
  
      {Golden sulphide, [or] sulphuret}, {of antimony} (Chem.), the
            pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow
            powder.
  
      {Golden warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a common American wood warbler
            ({Dendroica [91]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
            warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}.
  
      {Golden wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous
            insect, of the family {Chrysidid[91]}. The colors are
            golden, blue, and green.
  
      {Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.]
      [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin
      to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul,
      Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?]
      greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.]
      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.
  
      {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[94]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[91]pitys}).
  
      {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer.
  
      {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]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[91]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}.
      (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}.
      (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}.
  
      {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]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[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]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[94]l.), the common American perch. See
            {Perch}.
  
      {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]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 {P.
            palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P.
            ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and
            Pacific States.
  
      {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]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[94]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[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European
            stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by
            anglers.
  
      {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet.
  
      {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]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}.
      (a) (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}.
      (b) (Zo[94]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[94]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[94]l.), the fer-de-lance.
  
      {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the
            predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]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[94]l.)
      (a) The European willow warbler.
      (b) The European wood warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellowbird \Yel"low*bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See {Goldfinch}.
      (b) The common yellow warbler; -- called also {summer
            yellowbird}. See Illust. of {Yellow warbler}, under
            {Yellow}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin
      to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. &
      Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr.
      sam[be] year. [fb]292.]
      The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly
      upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
  
      Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to
               include the months of June, July, and August.
               Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern
               hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about
               June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about
               September 22d.
  
      {Indian summer}, in North America, a period of warm weather
            late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and
            by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere,
            especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably
            from the custom of the Indians of using this time in
            preparation for winter by laying in stores of food.
  
      {Saint Martin's summer}. See under {Saint}.
  
      {Summer bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Summer colt}, the undulating state of the air near the
            surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.]
  
      {Summer complaint} (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal
            disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by
            heat and indigestion.
  
      {Summer coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American gallinule. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Summer cypress} (Bot.), an annual plant ({Kochia Scoparia})
            of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded
            leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens.
  
      {Summer duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The wood duck.
      (b) The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of {Wood duck},
            under {Wood}.
  
      {Summer fallow}, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the
            summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
           
  
      {Summer rash} (Med.), prickly heat. See under {Prickly}.
  
      {Summer sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Summer snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The dunlin.
      (b) The common European sandpiper.
      (c) The green sandpiper.
  
      {Summer tanager} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Piranga rubra})
            native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male
            is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and
            yellow beneath. Called also {summer redbird}.
  
      {Summer teal} (Zo[94]l.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.]
           
  
      {Summer wheat}, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures
            during the summer following. See {Spring wheat}.
  
      {Summer yellowbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Yellowbird}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.]
      [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin
      to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul,
      Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?]
      greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.]
      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.
  
      {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[94]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[91]pitys}).
  
      {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer.
  
      {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]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[91]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}.
      (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}.
      (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}.
  
      {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]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[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]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[94]l.), the common American perch. See
            {Perch}.
  
      {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]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 {P.
            palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P.
            ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and
            Pacific States.
  
      {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]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[94]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[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European
            stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by
            anglers.
  
      {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet.
  
      {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]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}.
      (a) (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}.
      (b) (Zo[94]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[94]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[94]l.), the fer-de-lance.
  
      {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the
            predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]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[94]l.)
      (a) The European willow warbler.
      (b) The European wood warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellowbird \Yel"low*bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See {Goldfinch}.
      (b) The common yellow warbler; -- called also {summer
            yellowbird}. See Illust. of {Yellow warbler}, under
            {Yellow}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin
      to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. &
      Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr.
      sam[be] year. [fb]292.]
      The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly
      upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
  
      Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to
               include the months of June, July, and August.
               Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern
               hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about
               June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about
               September 22d.
  
      {Indian summer}, in North America, a period of warm weather
            late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and
            by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere,
            especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably
            from the custom of the Indians of using this time in
            preparation for winter by laying in stores of food.
  
      {Saint Martin's summer}. See under {Saint}.
  
      {Summer bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Summer colt}, the undulating state of the air near the
            surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.]
  
      {Summer complaint} (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal
            disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by
            heat and indigestion.
  
      {Summer coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American gallinule. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Summer cypress} (Bot.), an annual plant ({Kochia Scoparia})
            of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded
            leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens.
  
      {Summer duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The wood duck.
      (b) The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of {Wood duck},
            under {Wood}.
  
      {Summer fallow}, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the
            summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
           
  
      {Summer rash} (Med.), prickly heat. See under {Prickly}.
  
      {Summer sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Summer snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The dunlin.
      (b) The common European sandpiper.
      (c) The green sandpiper.
  
      {Summer tanager} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Piranga rubra})
            native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male
            is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and
            yellow beneath. Called also {summer redbird}.
  
      {Summer teal} (Zo[94]l.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.]
           
  
      {Summer wheat}, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures
            during the summer following. See {Spring wheat}.
  
      {Summer yellowbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Yellowbird}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summerliness \Sum"mer*li*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being like summer. [R.] --Fuller.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Scenery Hill, PA
      Zip code(s): 15360

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Summer Lake, OR
      Zip code(s): 97640

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Summerhill, PA (borough, FIPS 75136)
      Location: 40.37570 N, 78.76133 W
      Population (1990): 614 (251 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15958

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Summerland, CA
      Zip code(s): 93067

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Summerland Key, FL
      Zip code(s): 33042

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sumrall, MS (town, FIPS 71560)
      Location: 31.41851 N, 89.54649 W
      Population (1990): 903 (385 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39482
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