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Sallow (sălˈlṓ), n. [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.

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    And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. Fawkes.

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    The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. Emerson.

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    2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc.

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    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.

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Sallow, 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.

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Sallow, v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]

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    July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell.

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