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(sl"l), 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 Elagnus. 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. slr 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. スポンサード リンク
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