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tal·low

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noun
1.
the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
2.
the harder fat of sheep, cattle, etc., separated by melting from the fibrous and membranous matter naturally mixed with it, and used to make candles, soap, etc.
3.
any of various similar fatty substances: vegetable tallow.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to smear with tallow.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English talow, talgh; cognate with German Talg

Related forms
un·tal·lowed, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • Tallow candles burned quickly and unsteadily, and they scattered grease.
  • The export trade in lard and tallow has made remarkable gains during the past few months.
  • Removal of these controls was necessitated by the ending of meat controls which freed lard and edible tallow.
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tallow (ˈtæləʊ)
 
—n
1.  a fatty substance consisting of a mixture of glycerides, including stearic, palmitic, and oleic acids and extracted chiefly from the suet of sheep and cattle: used for making soap, candles, food, etc
 
—vb
2.  (tr) to cover or smear with tallow
 
[Old English tælg, a dye; related to Middle Low German talch tallow, Dutch talk, Icelandic tólg]
 
'tallowy
 
—adj

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tallow
c.1350, talwgh, from a form cognate with M.L.G. talg "tallow," M.Du. talch, from P.Gmc. *talga-, meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (cf. Goth. tulgus "firm, solid").
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tallow

odourless, tasteless, waxy white fat, consisting of suet (the hard fat about the kidneys and loins of cattle, sheep, and horses) or similar vegetable substances. Tallow consists mainly of glyceryl esters of oleic, palmitic, and stearic acids. Tallow was used chiefly to make soap and candles until the development of synthetic surfactants made it available for animal feeds and as a base for chemicals and lubricants. Tallow is extracted by rendering, cutting, or chopping the fatty tissue into small pieces that are boiled in vats or cooked in steam digesters, then collecting the fat by skimming or by centrifuging.

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