tallow

tal·low

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

Origin of tallow

Middle English talgh, probably from Middle Low German talg, akin to Old English tælg, a color, telgan, to color, probably from Indo-European base an unverified form del-, to drip from source Middle Irish delt, dew

to cover or smear with tallow

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tallow

noun

Hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle or sheep, used in foodstuffs or to make leather dressing, soap, and lubricants, and formerly used to make candles.
Any of various similar fats, such as those obtained from plants.

transitive verb

tal·lowed, tal·low·ing, tal·lows

To smear or cover with tallow.
To fatten (animals) in order to obtain tallow.

Origin of tallow

Middle English talghe, talowe either borrowed from Middle Low German talch or descended directly from Old English tealg- both ultimately from Proto-Germanic talga- probably akin to Gothic tulgus firm, solid and Old English tulge firmly, very

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tal′low·y
adjective

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Noun

(uncountable)

a hard animal fat obtained from suet etc.; used to make candles, soap and lubricants

Verb

(third-person singular simple present tallows, present participle tallowing, simple past and past participle tallowed)

To grease or smear with tallow.
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
to tallow sheep

Origin

Middle English talgh, talow, from Old English taluh, talugh, from Proto-Germanic *talgÅ, *talgÄ… (compare Dutch talk, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“flow") (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew"), Old Armenian Õ¿Õ¥Õ² (teÅ‚, “heavy rain")).