Chapter XV · Chapter 15

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

feel physical pain

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

later than; following

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

spiritual being attendant upon God

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

relating to or containing bile

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

the act of consuming liquids

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

a social unit living together

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

having lost your job

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

past form of “fuss” — worry unnecessarily or excessively

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

destroyed or killed

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

a health facility where patients receive treatment

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

past form of “last” — persist for a specified period of time

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

feeling or showing love and affection

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

sporadically and infrequently

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

on one occasion

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

above and across; more than

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

plural of “pill” — something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

precisely, exactly

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

being four more than twenty

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

two times

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

up to a particular time

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Up to this time I had never been sick a day in my life, that is, sick enough to ache and groan and grunt, and lay in bed.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading I did have the mumps and the measles, of course before enlisting, but the loving care I was given brought me out all right, and I looked upon those little sicknesses as a sort of luxury.

be awake, be alert, be there

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.

the contestant who wins the contest

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

From this reading Once or twice at home I had a bilious attack that lasted me almost twenty-four hours; but the old family doctor fired blue pills down me, and I came under the wire an easy winner.

in the company of; together with

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading At home I had occasionally had a cold, and I was put to bed at night, after drinking a quart of ginger tea, and covered up with blankets in a warm room, and I was fussed over by loving hands until I got to sleep, and in the morning I would wake up as fresh as a daisy, with my cold all gone.

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading My Experience as a Sick Man--Jim Thinks I Have Yellow Fever-- What I Suffered--A Rebel Angel--I am Sent to the Hospital.