Sal"low (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 Elæagnus. 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. sölr yellow.] Having a yellowish color;
of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak.