Tallow /(?)/
Tal·low
Tallow
n.
- The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Tallow candle
- a candle made of tallow.
- Tallow catch
- a keech.
- 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
- 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.
Tallow
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Tallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tallowing
- To grease or smear with tallow.
- To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.