tallowy

Variant of tallow

noun

the nearly colorless and tasteless solid fat extracted from the natural fat of cattle, sheep, etc., used in making candles, soaps, lubricants, etc.

Origin: ME talgh, prob. < MLowG talg, akin to OE tælg, a color, telgan, to color, prob. < IE base *del-, to drip > MIr delt, dew

transitive verb

to cover or smear with tallow

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