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.

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Sallow \Sal"low\, v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]

July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. --Lowell.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)