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Webster 1913 Edition

Sallow

Sal′low

(săl′lō̍)
,
Noun.
[OE.
salwe
, AS.
sealh
; akin to OHG.
salaha
, G.
salweide
, Icel.
selja
, L.
salix
, Ir.
sail
,
saileach
, Gael.
seileach
, W.
helyg
, Gr.
ἑλίκη
.]
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
,
Salix 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.

Sal′low

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sallower
;
sup
erl.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To tinge with sallowness.
[Poetic]
July breathes hot,
sallows
the crispy fields.
Lowell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sallow

SAL'LOW

,
Noun.
[L. salix.] A tree of the willow kind, or genus Salix.

SAL'LOW

,
Adj.
[L. salix, the tree, supra.]
Having a yellowish color; of a pale sickly color, tinged with a dark yellow; as a sallow skin.

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