Meaning of SALLOW
| Pronunciation: | | 'salow
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- [n] any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
- [adj] unhealthy looking
- [v] cause to become sallow, as of complexion; "The illness has sallowed her face"
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| | Synonyms: | | sickly, unhealthy |
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| | See Also: | | discolor, florist's willow, genus Salix, goat willow, pussy willow, Salix, Salix caprea, willow, willow tree | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
\Sal"low\, v. t.
To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]
July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. --Lowell.
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