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sal⋅low

1  [sal-oh] adjective, -er, -est, verb
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–adjective
1. of a sickly, yellowish color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make sallow.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME sal(o)we, OE salo; c. ON sǫlr yellow; cf. F sale dirty (< Gmc)

Related forms:
sal⋅low⋅ish, adjective
sal⋅low⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. bilious, jaundiced.

sal⋅low

2  [sal-oh]
–noun British.
any of several shrubby Old World willows, esp. Salix atrocinerea or the pussy willow, S. caprea.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE sealh; c. OHG salaha, L salix
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sal·low 1   (sāl'ō)   
adj.   sal·low·er, sal·low·est
Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.
tr.v.   sal·lowed, sal·low·ing, sal·lows
To make sallow.

[Middle English salowe, from Old English salo.]
sal'low·ly adv., sal'low·ness n.
sal·low 2   (sāl'ō)   
n.  A broad-leaved European willow (Salix caprea) having large catkins that appear before the leaves and tough wood used as a source of charcoal.

[Middle English saloue, from Old English sealh.]
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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.

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.

Sallow

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

July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. --Lowell.
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Language Translation for : sallow
Spanish: cetrino, amarillento,
German: fahl,
Japanese: 血色の悪い
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sallow  (n.)
"shrubby willow plant," O.E. sealh (Anglian salh), from P.Gmc. *salhjon (cf. O.N. selja, O.H.G. salaha, and first element in Ger. compound Salweide), fro PIE *sal(i)k- "willow" (cf. L. salix "willow," M.Ir. sail, Welsh helygen, Breton halegen "willow"). Fr. saule "willow" is from Frank. salha, from the Gmc. root. Used in Palm Sunday processions and decorations in England before the importing of real palm leaves began.

sallow  (adj.)
O.E. salo "dusky, dark" (related to sol "dark, dirty"), from P.Gmc. *salwa- (cf. M.Du. salu "discolored, dirty," O.H.G. salo "dirty gray," O.N. sölr "dirty yellow"), from PIE base *sal- "dirty, gray" (cf. O.C.S. slavojocije "grayish-blue color," Rus. solovoj "cream-colored").
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sallow sal·low (sāl'ō)
adj. sal·low·er, sal·low·est
Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion. v. sal·lowed, sal·low·ing, sal·lows
To make sallow.

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