sall

n. [ F. salade, Sp. celada, or It. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum, to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved upon it. ] A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century. [ Written also salade. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be saved. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Salad. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Salience. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [1913 Webster]

And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. Fawkes. [1913 Webster]

The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. Emerson. [1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat sallow. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or condition of being sallow. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]