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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
animal oil, cerate, drying oil, essential oil, ester, fat, fatty oil, fixed oil, grease, hydrogenated fat, lipid, mineral oil, oil, oleum, polyunsaturated fat, sebum, unsaturated fat, vegetable oil, volatile oil
Dictionary Results for tallow:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tallow
    n 1: obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and
         lubricants

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tallow \Tal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tallowed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Tallowing.]
   1. To grease or smear with tallow.
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   2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten;
      as, tallow sheep.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tallow \Tal"low\, n. [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D.
   talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. t[=o]lgr, t[=o]lg,
   t[=o]lk; and perhaps to Goth. tulgus firm.]
   1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds,
      separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
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   Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large
         amount of stearin it contains. See Fat.
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   2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from
      certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat
      of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
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   Tallow candle, a candle made of tallow.

   Tallow catch, a keech. See Keech. [Obs.]

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

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

   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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