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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suet \Su"et\, noun [OE. suet, dim. fr. OF. seu, suif, F. suif, L. sebum. Cf. {Soap}, {Sebaceous}.] The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
suet
noun: hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton
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