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English Dictionary: sallow	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sallow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sallow adj unhealthy looking Synonym(s): sallow, 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; "The illness has sallowed her face"
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[94]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[acr]l"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 El[91]agnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.