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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tallow

/tăl'-ō/ · Tal·low · IPA /ˈtæloʊ/
01 n. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
  1. 1.
    The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
  2. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Tallow candle — a candle made of tallow.
Tallow catch — a keech.
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 — 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.
02 v. t. To grease or smear with tallow.
imp. & p. p. Tallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tallowing
  1. 1.
    To grease or smear with tallow.
  2. 2.
    To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.