Isabeln.
/ˈɪzəbɛl/, U.S. /ˈɪzəˌbɛl/ 1. Name of a colour; = Isabella adj. 1.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > greyish yellow
Isabella1600
Isabel1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Isabel yellow is a brownish yellow, with a shade of brownish red.
1838 G. P. R. James 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.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > pouter
cropper1655
pouter1725
uploper1735
pouter pigeon1793
Isabel1867
1867 W. 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 adj. 2b.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > grape-vine > types of
wild vinea1382
malmsey1511
malvoisie1517
raisin1573
parsley vine1648
winter grape1670
morillon1691
summer grape1709
Pineau1763
tresseau1763
frost grape1771
muscadinec1785
sweet-water1786
chicken grape1807
scuppernong1811
Marsanne1824
Merlot1825
Cabernet1833
Isabella1835
mustang1846
Traminer1851
labrusca1854
Pinot1854
Catawba1857
Isabel1858
Trebbiano1860
aglianico1862
Canaiolo1862
verdelho1883
vinifera1888
Durif1897
Chardonnay1911
Chenin Blanc1913
Sylvaner1928
Syrah1928
Tokay wine1959
Mourvedre1967
1858 H. W. Longfellow Catawba Wine in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 271 Nor the Isabel And the Muscadel That bask in our garden alleys.
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