tallow

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Word Origin & History

mid-14c., talwgh, from a form cognate with Middle Low German talg "tallow," Middle Dutch talch, from Proto-Germanic *talga-, meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (cf. Gothic tulgus "firm, solid").

Example Sentences for tallow

There was a tallow dip or two, and no other light save that of the fire.

How glorious it would be just to eat of it, raw, tallow bacon!

This tallow is dearer than common tallow, but cheaper than wax.

And in 1634 he sent over for a large quantity of wicks and tallow.

They had been to Taganrog and loaded a cargo of tallow for London.

This wax is made of equal parts of tallow, beeswax, and linseed oil.

Only wish I had a couple of tallow staves instead of this wooden spoon.

Gott it aboard and hove down one Side and paid it with tallow.

Tune the pipes to the tragedy of tallow, the bane of bulk, the calamity of corpulence.

Its meat was perfectly white, and tasted like a tallow candle.

tallow

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fat

fats

grease

lard

lubricate

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fats

grease

lard

lubricate

Synonyms for tallow

fat