sallow

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

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

a. Somewhat sallow. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]