FALLOW

fallow. Fallow, v.i. to plow in order to plow again

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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. πολιόσ gray, Skr. palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]] 1. 1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. Shak.
2. 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.