Lexic.us

Definition of Sallow

1. Adjective. Unhealthy looking.

2. Verb. Cause to become sallow. "The illness has sallowed her face"

3. Noun. Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal.

Definition of Sallow

1. n. The willow; willow twigs.

2. a. Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

3. v. t. To tinge with sallowness.

Definition of Sallow

1. Adjective. Having a grayish, yellow-green hue. ¹

2. Adjective. Dirty; murky. ¹

3. Noun. A European willow, ''Salix caprea'', that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sallow

1. of a sickly yellowish color [adj -LOWER, -LOWEST] : SALLOWLY [adv] / to make sallow [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sallow

Medical Definition of Sallow

1. Having a yellowish colour; of a pale, sickly colour, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Origin: AS. Salu; akin to D. Zaluw, OHG. Salo, Icel. Solr yellow. To tinge with sallowness. "July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields." (Lowell) 1. The willow; willow twigs. "And bend the pliant sallow to a shield." (Fawkes) "The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb." (Emerson) 2. A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. Cinerea, etc. Sallow thorn, 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. Origin: OE. Salwe, AS. Sealth; akin to OHG. Salaha, G. Salwiede, Icel. Selja L. Salix, Ir. Sail, saileach, Gael. Seileach, W. Helyg, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sallow

sallals sallary salle salle d'armes sallee sallees sallenders salles sallet sallets

salley sallied sallier salliers sallies sallowed sallower sallowest sallowing sallowish

sallowly sallowness sallownesses sallows sallowthorn sallowthorns sallowy sally sally forth

Literary usage of Sallow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"1561 The broad-leaved Willow, or sallow. 97. caprea L. S Britain fig. ... A Switzerland The coriaceous-kneed, or leathery Willow or sallow. fig. 112. in p. ..."

2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1801)
"Round-eared, or Trailing sallow. ... It varies in height, but is generally in all its parts about half the size of the Water sallow. ..."

3. An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"The Damson-/rat>e</ Willow, or sallow. Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. ... The round-leaved Willow, or sallow. Identification. Sal Wob., No. 104. ..."

4. The Lancet (1842)
"She has very dark hair, dark brown eyes, and sallow complexion ; her head is very large, flat on the summit, and very broad from side to side; the anterior ..."

5. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"Anderson's Willow, or the Green Mountain sallow. Identification, Smith Eng. Bot., ... The round-/<?awd Willow, or sallow. Identification. Sal Wob., No. 104. ..."

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