yellow flagn.1
/ˌjɛləʊ ˈflaɡ/, U.S. /ˌjɛloʊ ˈflæɡ/ A common Eurasian iris with yellow flowers, Iris pseudacorus, typically found by lakes and rivers and in other damp locations.In early use perhaps also the stinking iris, or gladdon, Iris foetidissima, which occasionally has pale yellow flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises
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flaga1387
fleur-de-lisc1390
regworta1400
yellow flag1526
lug1538
yellow lily1555
spurge-wort1562
swordling1562
garden flag1578
ireos1578
iris1578
stinking iris1578
water flag1578
yellow iris1578
fane1597
Florentine flower-de-luce1597
stinking gladdon1597
stinking sedge1597
velvet flower-de-luce1597
orris1609
sisyrinchium1629
luce1642
Florence iris1664
cuttle-haft1688
blue flag1732
snake's-head iris1739
flag-flower1753
roast-beef plant1800
shalder1825
flag-leaf1827
sweet sedge1839
poison flag1840
flagger1842
wedding-flower1869
mourning iris1874
flagon1878
Rocky Mountain iris1880
Florentine iris1882
Japanese iris1883
flag-lily1884
sword-flag1884
blue iris1886
thunderbolt1898
scorpion iris1900
1526 Grete Herball clxiiii. sig. k.ivv/1 (heading) De spatula fetida. Yelowe flagge.
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. G.i The ioyce of yellowe flagge put in to thine eare is of the same operacion.
1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours xiv. 204 By the acrid Aromatics we sweat, and outwardly discuss Humours; as Roots of Serpentariæ, Contrayerva, yellow Flag.
1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 27 Coarse bottoms [for chairs] are made of it [sc. the bullrush Scirpus lacustris] at two years old; and those that are still older mixed with the leaves of the Yellow Flag, make the coarsest bottoms of all.
1898 E. von Arnim Elizabeth & her German Garden 30 There is a tiny stream meandering amiably about it and decking itself in June with yellow flags.
1921 G. Eland Old Wks. & Past Days iii. 25 Even if the banks of the mill-head are kept clear, the sluices and backwaters are sure to have yellow flags, blue forget-me-not, tassels of meadow-sweet, pink willow-herb, or purple loosestrife.
2006 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) July 497 (caption) Choice plants such as candelabra primulas..rub shoulders with natives including bulrushes and yellow flags.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yellow flagn.2
/ˌjɛləʊ ˈflaɡ/, U.S. /ˌjɛloʊ ˈflæɡ/ 1. A flag of yellow material displayed as a signal; esp. a flag of yellow material, or (in later use) one patterned with squares of yellow and black, displayed on a ship to indicate the presence of infectious disease or a state of quarantine.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > specific
black flag1583
yellow flag1587
red flag1748
yellow jack1753
Blue Peter1754
fire flag1798
recall1832
pilot jack1848
homeward-bound pennant1853
powder flag1864
paying-off pennant1869
Peter1890
storm flag1896
negative flag1897
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1587 J. Polemon 2nd Pt. Bk. Battailes sig. L.ii A yelow flagge in the starre-bord side of the mast.
1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services vi. 347 If being at Sea, occasions require a general convention of the Captains and Masters aboard the Admiral, the signal may be, the hanging out of a yellow Flag in the uppermost part of the Admirals Main Shrowds.
?1758 Addit. Signals by Day 5 I will make the Signal for speaking with the Captain, and hoist a Yellow Flag in the Mizen Shrouds.
1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Chron. 213/2 The other three were hanged..; a yellow flag was flying from each ship during the execution.
1788 Act. 28 Geo. III c. 34 §3 Every Commander..is hereby required..to hoist a particular Signal, to denote that his Vessel is liable to Quarantine; such Signal, for the Day Time, to be a large yellow Flag at the Main Top-mast Head.
1805 Act 45 Geo. III c. 10 §14 If the said ship..have a clean bill of health, a large yellow flag of six breadths of bunting at the main-topmast head.
1863 Ann. Reg. 1862 Foreign Hist. 326 The yellow flag, ordinarily held so sacred in modern war, has..been but the mark for the hottest and most deadly fire.
1890 Perak Govt. Gaz. 28 Nov. 778 All vessels ordered to the quarantine anchorage shall have displayed by day the usual quarantine or yellow flag at the foremast-head.
1915 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 30 1499 A yellow flag or blanket bearing the word ‘Smallpox here’ shall be hung in a conspicuous place.
1948 M. Desai tr. M. K. Gandhi Autobiogr. iii. ii. 164 Our ship was flying the yellow flag, when the doctor came and examined us.
2002 Boating Life Mar. 74/2 A yellow flag should be flown identifying you as ‘quarantined’ until after clearing customs.
2. Motor Racing. A flag of yellow material used to warn drivers of a hazard ahead.The yellow flag can signal the temporary enforcement of certain rules, such as a ban on overtaking.
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1902 Motor World 4 Dec. 308/2 In contests where the route is marked at a point 200 yards in advance of dangerous places in the highway a yellow flag, bearing the word ‘Caution’ should be displayed.
1917 Motor Age 12 July 6/2 A hole developed in the track... Starter Wagner stood out in the middle of the track with a yellow flag to warn drivers of their danger.
1975 N.Y. Times 17 Mar. 42/1 The yellow flag came out again after Tom Sneva spun.
2015 M. B. Crawford World beyond your Head ii. 65 In the event of a disrupting hazard, there are corner workers who wave yellow flags.
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