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Webster 1913 Edition


Tallower

Tal′low-er

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Noun.
An animal which produces tallow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tallower

TAL'LOWER

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Noun.
An animal disposed to form tallow internally.

Definition 2024


tallower

tallower

English

Noun

tallower (plural tallowers)

  1. An animal which produces tallow.
    • 1813, Arthur Young, General view of the agriculture of the county of Sussex (page 332)
      The South Down sheep are not great tallowers, compared with some other sorts; but what they loose in tallow, they make up in a disposition to fatten.
  2. A merchant who deals in tallow.