tallow : Idioms & Phrases
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Bayberry tallow
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noun a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
bayberry wax.
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- a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; called also
myrtle wax .
Webster 1913
beef tallow
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noun tallow obtained from a bovine animal
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japan tallow
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noun a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
Japan wax.
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Mineral tallow
- a familiar name for
hatchettite , from its fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.
Webster 1913
mutton tallow
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noun tallow from the body of a mature sheep
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Piney tallow
- a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the
Vateria Indica ; called alsodupada oil .
Webster 1913
Tallow candle
- a candle made of tallow.
Webster 1913
Tallow catch
- a keech. See
Keech . Obs.
Webster 1913
Tallow chandler
- one whose occupation is to make, or to sell, tallow candles.
Webster 1913
Tallow chandlery
- the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the place where his business is carried on.
Webster 1913
tallow oil
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noun an animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant
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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.
Webster 1913
tallow-face
Tal"low-face` noun
Definitions
One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.
Webster 1913
tallow-faced
Tal"low-faced` adjective
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Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.
Webster 1913
Vegetable tallow
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noun a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow
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- a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as,
Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree.Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow.