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su⋅et

  [soo-it]
–noun
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME sewet < AF *suet, equiv. to su-, sew (< L sēbum tallow) + -et -et

Related forms:
su⋅et⋅y, adjective
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Suet
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www.UnipeckUSA.com/
su·et   (sōō'ĭt)   
n.  The hard fatty tissues around the kidneys of cattle and sheep, used in cooking and for making tallow.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman *suet, accusative of sue, tallow, variant of Old French sieu, from Latin sēbum.]
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Word Origin & History

suet 
1377, "solid fat formed in the torsos of cattle and sheep," probably from an Anglo-Fr. diminutive of sius, the nominative use of sue, seu "tallow, grease," from O.Fr. sieu "tallow," from L. sebum "tallow, grease."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: su·et
Pronunciation: 'sü-&t
Function: noun
: the hard fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton that yields tallow andthat in prepared form is used in some pharmaceutical ointments
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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