The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of stearin it contains. See Fat.
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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.
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.
Usage examples of "tallow candle".
She lit the rushlights, too, and the fat tallow candle in the niche of the statue of St.
Here a tallow candle placed in a pewter sconce upon a table shed a feeble, flickering light around.
Alec found a cheap tallow candle in a cracked dish on the stand and lit it from his own, then pushed back the shutters of the window over the bed.
In the farthest corner, on a bench beside a bed on which something was lying, stood a tallow candle with a long, thick, and smoldering wick.
Evidently he was not one of the Mystic Mullah's henchmen, because he stopped the instant a tallow candle was lighted and the glow fell upon the scene.
There were some half-dozen men, dimly seen in a ro om lit only by one tallow candle and the light from the peat fire.
A tall, thick tallow candle sat on the table where they had recently filled their bellies, its flame adding to the golden glow of the hearth fire.
It was dark in the passage, so she went back to the tap-room, sat down at the table and drew the tallow candle nearer to her.
He went up to his room, remembering for once to light a tallow candle.