Sal"low (?), n. [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.
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 Elaeagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.
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Sal"low, a. [Compar. Sallower (?); superl. Sallowest.] [AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. solr yellow.]
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.
Shak.
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Sal"low, v. t.
To tinge with sallowness.
[Poetic]
July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.
Lowell.
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