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Isabel|ˈɪzəbɛl|
[a. F. isabelle = Isabella.]
1. Name of a colour; = Isabella 1.
1828Webster s.v., Isabel yellow is a brownish yellow, with a shade of brownish red. 1838James Richelieu i, His dress was a rich livery suit of Isabel and silver.
2. A kind of fancy pigeon, a small variety of the Pouter: so called in reference to its colour.
1867W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons vi. 71 Among the best known..are the birds known at the pigeon-shows as Isabels, and so named, we may presume, in consequence of their colour.
3. A variety of North American grape: see Isabella 2 b.
1854Longfellow Catawba Wine ii, Nor the Isabel And the Muscadel That bask in our garden alleys. |