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SALLOW, A.S. sealh, salh, salig, O.H.G. solatia, Da. selje, 

 O.N. selja, L. salix, Gr. e\t, Ir. sail and saileog, Sw. salg, 

 Fin. salawa, different forms of a word that implies a shrub 

 fit for withes, A.S. sal, or seel, a strap or tie, with a termi- 

 nating adjectival ig or h, corresponding to the ix, or ex, or 

 ica in the Latin names of shrubs. Sal, a hall, in O.H.G. 

 a house, G. saal, seems to be of the same origin, and to tell 

 us that our ancestors dwelt in houses of wicker work, even 

 men of rank. The L. aula, Gr. av\tj, is perhaps the same 

 word as sal. It means both a stall and a hall. In fact, 

 the royal sheepcote was in the primitive nation the royal 

 palace, as among the Tartars of the interior of Asia is the 

 aoul at the present day. See Westmacott, p. 84. 



Salix, L. 



SALLOW-THORN, from its white willow-like leaves, and 

 spinous branches, Hippophae rhamnoides, L. 



SALSIFY, Fr. salsifis, L. solsequium, from sol, sun, and 

 sequi, follow, a plant whose flower was supposed to follow 

 the sun, Tragopogon porrifolius, L. 



SALTWORT, from its officinal Latin name Salicornia, salt- 

 horn, Salicornia herbacea, L. 

 BLACK-, Glaux maritima, L. 



SAMPHIRE, more properly spelt SAMPIRB or SAMPIER, 

 Fr. Saint Pierre, It. Herba di San Pietro, contracted to 

 Sampetra; from being, from its love of sea-cliffs, dedicated 

 to the fisherman saint, whose name is the Gr. Trerpo?, a 

 rock, Fr. pierre, Crithmum maritimum, L. 



MARSH-, Salicornia herbacea, L. 



SAND-WEED, or -WORT, from its place of growth, 



Arenaria, L. 



SANGUINARY, L. sanguinaria, the yarrow, from being 

 confused, under the equivocal name millefolium, with a 

 horsetail that Isidore tells us (c. ix.) was formerly used to 

 make the nose bleed, and thence called herba sanguinaria. 

 See NOSEBLEED. Achillsea Millefolium, L. 



