tallow
Collocations
4ADJ.
heavier, multiple, white
VERB + TALLOW
called, reduce
TALLOW + NOUN
sheep
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
"I have got a very fine shirt, which I am going to use for my wedding shirt; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out[.]"
Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.
verb
To grease or smear with tallow.
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
to tallow sheep
Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow.
[…] their beef is finer than that of the old short-horned breed, and they fatten much earlier and quicker, conveying still a vast depth of natural flesh, and tallowing within in the first degree.
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6"I have got a very fine shirt, which I am going to use for my wedding shirt; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out[.]"
WiktionaryNor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firml
WiktionaryRendering is done by boiling the animal carcasses to separate the fat from the meat. At high temperatures, the fat floats as a creamy white substance called tallow, while the heavier protein sinks to
Wiktionaryto tallow sheep
Wiktionary[…] their beef is finer than that of the old short-horned breed, and they fatten much earlier and quicker, conveying still a vast depth of natural flesh, and tallowing within in the first degree.
WiktionaryTo prevent impurities, make sure to reduce the tallow multiple times.
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