Tallow Definition

tălō
tallows
noun
The nearly colorless and tasteless solid fat extracted from the natural fat of cattle, sheep, etc., used in making candles, soaps, lubricants, etc.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar fats, such as those obtained from plants.
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verb
To cover or smear with tallow.
Webster's New World
To fatten (animals) in order to obtain tallow.
American Heritage
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Origin of Tallow

  • Middle English talgh, talow, from Old English taluh, talugh, from Proto-Germanic *talgō, *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")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English talow

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tallow Sentence Examples

  • A solitary tallow candle burned in the anteroom.

  • The soap pan is charged with the tallow or other fat, and open steam is turned on.

  • The production of wool was 300,000,000 lb, as in the grease; tallow, 493,000 cwt.; butter, 500,000 cwt.; cheese, 42,000 cwt.; and bacon and hams, 110,000 cwt.

  • Vegetable tallow is also exported in large quantities from this part of Hu-peh.

  • The chief constituent of hard animal fats, such as beef and mutton tallow, &c.; also contained in many vegetable fats in smaller quantity.

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Words Starting With

TTATAL

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WOWLOW

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