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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 much like an Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly,

Additional info about word: SALLOW

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 much like an Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye. (more info) salwiede, Icel. selja L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. 1. The willow; willow twigs. Tennyson. And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. Fawkes. The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. Emerson.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SALLOW)

• Pale
• Pallid
• faint
• dim
• undefined
• etiolated
• sallow
• cadaverous

Related words: (words related to SALLOW)

• FAINT
  feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed;
• SALLOWISH
  Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
• CADAVEROUS
  1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent cadaverous." -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
• PALLIDNESS
  The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.
• ETIOLATION
  Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. Dunglison. (more info) 1. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
• FAINTLY
  In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.
• ETIOLATE
  To become pale through disease or absence of light. (more info) 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
• UNDEFINE
  To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.
• FAINTLING
  Timorous; feeble-minded. "A fainting, silly creature." Arbuthnot.
• SALLOWNESS
  The quality or condition of being sallow. Addison.
• ETIOLATE; ETIOLATED
  Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
• FAINTISH
  Slightly faint; somewhat faint. -- Faint"ish*ness, n.
• SALLOW
  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 much like an Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly,
• PALLID
  Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. Spenser.
• PALLIDLY
  In a pallid manner.
• FAINTNESS
  1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control. 2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser. 3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description. 4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness;
• PALLIDITY
  Pallidness; paleness.
• FAINTING
  Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak. Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope.
• FAINTS
  The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. Ure.
• FAINTHEARTED; FAINT-HEARTED
  Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.
• IMPALLID
  To make pallid; to blanch. Feltham.
• DISALLOWABLE
  Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.
• DISALLOWANCE
  The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
• DISALLOW
  To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. 1 Pet. ii. 4. That the edicts of Cæsar