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   Sallow , n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. ἑλίκη.]
   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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   (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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