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To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow. So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.

Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. Shak.

A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.

One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] Sinclair.

A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.] Bartlett.

To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t. [Obs.] Shak.

A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron.

A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward Shak.

beam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. So they hanged Haman on the gallows. Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses Shak.

art for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton. In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg]. A. Lincoln.…

The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.] Burns.

The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows. To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. Shak.

A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.

Any plant of the order Malvaceæ.

The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] Tennyson. And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. Fawkes. The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. Emerson.

Somewhat sallow. Dickens.

The quality or condition of being sallow. Addison.

One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. [Colloq.] Dickens.

The common tern.

Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." Milton.