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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sallow  \Sal"low\  (s[a^]l"l[-o]),  n.  [OE.  salwe,  AS  sealh;  akin 
  to  OHG.  salaha,  G.  salweide  Icel.  selja,  L.  salix,  Ir  sail, 
  saileach  Gael.  seileach  W.  helyg  Gr  "eli`kh.] 
  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.)  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  El[ae]agnus.  The  yellow  berries 
  are  sometimes  used  for  making  jelly,  and  the  plant  affords 
  a  yellow  dye. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sallow  \Sal"low\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sallower};  superl.  {Sallowest}.] 
  [AS.  salu;  akin  to  D.  zaluw  OHG.  salo,  Icel.  s["o]lr 
  yellow.] 
  Having  a  yellowish  color;  of  a  pale,  sickly  color,  tinged 
  with  yellow;  as  a  sallow  skin.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sallow  \Sal"low\,  v.  t. 
  To  tinge  with  sallowness.  [Poetic] 
 
  July  breathes  hot,  sallows  the  crispy  fields.  --Lowell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sallow 
  adj  :  unhealthy  looking  [syn:  {sickly}] 
  n  :  any  of  several  Old  World  shrubby  broad-leaved  willows  having 
  large  catkins;  some  are  important  sources  for  tanbark  and 
  charcoal 
  v  :  cause  to  become  sallow,  as  of  complexion;  "The  illness  has 
  sallowed  her  face"




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