tallow
English
Etymology
From Middle English talwe, talugh, taluȝ, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, 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
Noun
tallow (countable and uncountable, plural tallows)
- A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:
Translations
hard animal fat obtained
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Verb
tallow (third-person singular simple present tallows, present participle tallowing, simple past and past participle tallowed)
Translations
to grease or smear with tallow
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to fatten
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