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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tallow \Tal"low\, noun [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.
Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of stearin it contains. See {Fat}.
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.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tallow \Tal"low\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tallowing}.]
1. To grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tallow
noun: obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "tallow": animal oil, cerate, drying oil, essential oil, ester, fat, fatty oil, fixed oil, grease, hydrogenated fat, lipid, mineral oil, oil, oleum, polyunsaturated fat, sebum, unsaturated fat, vegetable oil, volatile oil
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