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