Sallow
(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.
Sallow
(Sal"low), v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]
July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.
Lowell. Sallowish
(Sal"low*ish), a. Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
Sallowness
(Sal"low*ness) n. The quality or condition of being sallow. Addison.
Sally
(Sal"ly) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sallied (-lid); p. pr. & vb. n. Sallying.] [F. saillir, fr. L. salire to leap,
spring, akin to Gr. "a`llesqai; cf. Skr. s&rsdot to go, to flow. Cf. Salient, Assail, Assault, Exult, Insult,
Saltation, Saltire.] To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified
place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
They break the truce, and sally out by night.
Dryden.
The foe retires, — she heads the sallying host.
Byron. Sally
(Sal"ly), n.; pl. Sallies [F. saillie, fr. saillir. See Sally, v.]
1. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
2. A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a
place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss.
Bacon. 3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down,
than he that . . . goes still round in the same track.
Locke. 4. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies.
Sir W. Scott. 5. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth.
Sir H. Wotton.
