Found 2 items, similar to tallow.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tallow
tallow
n : obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and
lubricants
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tallow
Tallow
\Tal"low\, n. [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D.
talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. t[=o]lgr, t[=o]lg,
t[=o]lk; and perhaps to Goth. tulgus firm.]
1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds,
separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
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Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large
amount of stearin it contains. See
Fat.
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2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from
certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat
of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
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Tallow candle, a candle made of tallow.
Tallow catch, a keech. See
Keech. [Obs.]
Tallow chandler, one whose occupation is to make, or to
sell, tallow candles.
Tallow chandlery, the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the
place where his business is carried on.
Tallow tree (Bot.), a tree (
Stillingia sebifera) growing
in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance
which resembles tallow and is applied to the same
purposes.
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Tallow
\Tal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tallowed; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Tallowing.]
1. To grease or smear with tallow.
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2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten;
as, tallow sheep.
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