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Webster 1913 Edition

Tallow

Tal′low

,
Noun.
[OE.
taluh
,
talugh
; akin to OD.
talgh
, D.
talk
, G., Dan. and Sw.
talg
, Icel.
tōlgr
,
tōlg
,
tōlk
; and perhaps to Goth.
tulgus
firm.]
1.
The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
☞ The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of stearin it contains. See
Fat
.
2.
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.
Tallow candle
,
a candle made of tallow.
–
Tallow catch
,
a keech.
See
Keech
.
[Obs.]
–
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
(Bot.)
,
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.

Tal′low

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tallowed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tallowing
.]
1.
To grease or smear with tallow.
2.
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten;
as,
tallow
sheep
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tallow

TAL'LOW

,
Noun.
A sort of animal fat, particularly that which is obtained from animals of the sheep and ox kinds. We speak of the tallow of an ox or cow, or of sheep. This substance grows chiefly about the kidneys and on the intestines. The fat of swine we never call tallow, but lard or suet. I see in English books, mention is made of the tallow of hogs, [See Cyclopedia, article Tallow;] but in America I never heard the word thus applied. It may be applied to the fat of goats and deer. The fat of bears we call bear's grease. Tallow is applied to various uses, but chiefly to the manufacture of candles.

TAL'LOW

,
Verb.
T.
To grease or smear with tallow.
1.
To fatten; to cause to have a large quantity of tallow; as, to tallow sheep.

Definition 2024

tallow

tallow

English

Noun

tallow ‎(uncountable)

  1. a hard animal fat obtained from suet etc.; used to make candles, soap and lubricants
    • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:
      Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.

Translations

Verb

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

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

Etymology

Middle English talgh, talow, from Old English taluh, talugh, from Proto-Germanic *talgō, *talgą (compare Dutch talk, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- ‎(“flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt ‎(“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ ‎(teł, “heavy rain”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæləʊ/
    Rhymes: -æləʊ

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