tallow : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
  bayberry wax.
  

WordNet

• a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; called also myrtle wax.

Webster 1913

• noun tallow obtained from a bovine animal
  

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• noun a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
  Japan wax.
  

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• a familiar name for hatchettite, from its fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.

Webster 1913

• noun tallow from the body of a mature sheep
  

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• a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica; called also dupada oil.

Webster 1913

• a candle made of tallow.

Webster 1913

• a keech. See Keech. Obs.

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

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

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• noun an animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant
  

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• (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

Tal"low-face` noun

Definitions

1. One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.

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Tal"low-faced` adjective

Definitions

1. Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.

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• noun a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow
  

WordNet

• 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.

Webster 1913