Tallow

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tallow
       n : 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