noun
definition
A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants
verb
definition
To grease or smear with tallow.
definition
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
example
to tallow sheep
Examples of tallow in a Sentence
A solitary tallow candle burned in the anteroom.
The soap pan is charged with the tallow or other fat, and open steam is turned on.
The production of wool was 300,000,000 lb, as in the grease; tallow, 493,000 cwt.; butter, 500,000 cwt.; cheese, 42,000 cwt.; and bacon and hams, 110,000 cwt.
Vegetable tallow is also exported in large quantities from this part of Hu-peh.
The harbour is too shallow to admit vessels of large size, but the proximity of the town to Odessa secures for it a thriving business in wine, salt, fish, wool and tallow.
He decided, therefore, to reduce the protective duties on cotton, woollen, silk, metal and other goods, as well as on raw materials still liable to heavy taxation, such as timber and tallow.
Lard and beef tallow Lard and beef tallow are the fats derived from pigs and cows, respectively.
Some margarine has tallow in it, which is form of animal fat.
The cave-dweller who first collected the fat dripping off the deer on the roasting spit may well be looked upon as the first manufacturer of tallow.
Practically the whole trade in palm oil, which comes exclusively from West Africa, is confined to Liverpool, and the bulk of the tallow imported into Europe from Australasia, South America and the United States, is sold in the marts of London and Liverpool.
I saw a tallow candle on a hollow in the walls, its flame barely lighting the cavern.
He also carried on business as a tallow chandler, his premises extending from High street to the High House Inn in the Crofts.
Here were located a tallow chandlery slaughterhouse stables and a fish and rabbit shop owned by George Winn (pictured ).
A week later the authorities returned in greater strength, and arrested MacPhee after tallow and skins were discovered hidden on his island.
The term ' low temperature ' referred to the means of producing the tallow, not the temperature to which the solids were heated.
The use of solvent to extract tallow had been widely abandoned at just about the right time to explain the outbreak of the disease.
A considered decision had been made that there was no need to include tallow in the ruminant feed ban.
The greaves were further processed by pressing, centrifuging or by solvent extraction in order to remove more tallow.
For more information on edible tallow, see Chapter 12.
Chemicals (e.g., PCB) can be in animal tallow.
However, such high-quality tallow demands a higher price in the edible tallow commodity market.
I have actually been to Tallow Ireland and seen the family tombstone and been in the old family house on Chapel Street.
They are then taken out and kept suspended in hot tallow to enable the surplus tin to run off.
The principal industries are in bricks and tiles, tallow and macaroni.
Thus tallow derived from SBO material contained traces of SBO.
Melt the tallow with gentle heat and add the other ingredients, stirring until cold.
They must have had hearts like lions to tackle Fairy Holes with tallow dips and tinder boxes.
Many of these used heavily processed bovine by-products such as collagen, elastin, gelatine and tallow derivatives.
The presence of a tallow melter 's premises close to the sick wards whose stench made even the medical officer sick.
The Committee advised that experimental work be continued and that the use of tallow in animal feed be considered.
Solvent extraction 6.35 From the 1950s until the 1970s, the preferred method of extracting the tallow from greaves was solvent extraction.
The use of tallow, sheep's fat, and of plaited cord and even wood for the wick, is well recorded in the history of candle making.
Old fashioned candles often included tallow, which would not be suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
In soap making, you can melt old bits of soap, glycerin soap blocks, or solid fat such as lard or tallow.
Colonial-era candles were commonly made out of tallow, or animal fat, which didn't burn well or smell good.
The wax still didn't smell very good but it was better than tallow, and the candles had the advantage of holding up during the hot summer months, which Colonial candle makers appreciated.
The traditional form of votive candle would have been a plain white candle that was made from a natural substance such as beeswax or tallow.
The candles used in colonial times were the same as those used for hundreds of years before, with wax made of animal fats (called tallow).
Tallow was readily available in households, eliminating the need for purchasing supplies and materials to make candles.
Tallow candles have a low melting point and give off a rather unpleasant odor, so these candles weren't anything like the ones we enjoy today.
Tallow gives off a lot of black smoke while burning, which damaged walls, ceilings, and furniture.
Bayberries created a clean-smelling, hard wax that was preferable by far to tallow.
Over six pounds of berries were necessary for a return of only one scant pound of wax, and the process took much longer than creating tallow candles.
While they still produced an off-putting smell when burned, the odor was not quite as strong as that from tallow candles.
Spermaceti wax had to be purchased in most households, but it could be blended with tallow as well, making the candles more economical.
Colonial candle molds were made from wooden boxes, and the resulting uniform candles burned much brighter and lasted longer than the tallow candles ever had.
There, you can learn the basics of candle making and even take a turn at dipping your own tallow wax tapers.
What sets gel apart from paraffin, beeswax, soy, and tallow is the clearness of the product.
Over the years many different types of candle wax have been used including beeswax, tallow and paraffin wax.
Many like to use lard or tallow in place, in full or in part, of the palm oil.