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   Tallow (?), n. [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D. talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. tōlgr, tōlg, tōlk; 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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   ☞ 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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   Tallow, 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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