Category:Sallow

Sal"low, n. Etym: [oe. salwe, as. sealth; akin to ohg. salaha, g. Salwiede, icel. selja l. salix, ir. sail, saileach, gael. seileach, W. helyg, gr.

1. The willow; willow twigs. [poetic] tennyson. And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. Fawkes. The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. Emerson.

2. (bot.)

Defn: a name given to certain species of willow, especially those Which do not have flexible shoots, as salix caprea, s. cinerea, etc. Sallow thorn (bot.), a european thorny shrub (hippophae rhamnoides) Much like an elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for Making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.

Sallow Sal"low, a. [compar. Sallower; superl. Sallowest.] Etym: [as. salu; Akin to d. zaluw, ohg. salo, icel. sölr yellow.]

Defn: having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with Yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak.

Sallow Sal"low, v. t.

Defn: to tinge with sallowness. [poetic] July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell.