tallow : Idioms & Phrases


Bayberry tallow

  • 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.
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beef tallow

  • noun tallow obtained from a bovine animal
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japan tallow

  • 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.
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mutton tallow

  • 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 also dupada oil.
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Tallow candle

  • a candle made of tallow.
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Tallow catch

  • a keech. See Keech. Obs.
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Tallow chandler

  • one whose occupation is to make, or to sell, tallow candles.
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Tallow chandlery

  • the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the place where his business is carried on.
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tallow oil

  • 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.
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tallow-face

Tal"low-face` noun
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  1. One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.
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tallow-faced

Tal"low-faced` adjective
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  1. Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.
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Vegetable tallow

  • 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.
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