tallow
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tallow
- /ˈtæləʊ/ UK
- /ˈtæloʊ/ US
Rhymes with -æləʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)).
noun tallows
- A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants. "I have got a very fine shirt, which I am going to use for my wedding shirt; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out[.]"
verb tallows · tallowing · tallowed
- To grease or smear with tallow.
- To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten. to tallow sheep
- Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow. […] their beef is finer than that of the old short-horned breed, and they fatten much earlier and quicker, conveying still a vast depth of natural flesh, and tallowing within in the first degree.
Translations
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noun hard animal fat obtained
| 한국어 | 수지 suji |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 獣脂 jūshi, 牛脂 gyūshi, ヘット hetto |
| 中文 | 油脂 yóuzhī, 牛脂 niúzhī |
| Português | sebo |
| Français | suif |
| Deutsch | Talg, Rindertalg, Hammeltalg, Schöpsentalg |
| Italiano | sego |
| Русский | са́ло sálo |
| עברית | חֵלֶב ẖélev |
verb to grease or smear with tallow
| Português | ensebar |
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verb to fatten
| Português | engordar |
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