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Fal"low (?), a. [AS. fealu,
fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow,
faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
fölr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav.
plavŭ white, L. pallidus pale, pallere to
be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr. palita. Cf.
Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow
deer or greyhound. Shak.

2. [Cf. Fallow, n.]
Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as,
fallow ground.

Fallow chat, Fallow finch
(Zoöl.), a small European bird, the wheatear
(Saxicola œnanthe). See Wheatear.

Fal"low, n. [So called from the
fallow, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh.
akin to E. felly, n., cf. MHG. valgen
to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.] 1.
Plowed land. [Obs.]

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