[ noun ] obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants <noun.substance>
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.] 1. 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}.
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.
{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.
Tallow \Tal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tallowing}.] 1. To grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
Animal fats _ lard and tallow _ totaled about 1.1 billion pounds.
India won't buy tallow for religious reasons: the cows it is made from are sacred to Hindus. Italy is said to know too little about American tallow to order it.
India won't buy tallow for religious reasons: the cows it is made from are sacred to Hindus. Italy is said to know too little about American tallow to order it.
They also may be cooked in beef tallow or in vegetable oil that's high in saturated fat.
Analysts said the decline in animal products occurred as a result of lower per capita consumption of beef, eggs, whole milk, butter, lard and edible tallow.
Prosecutors announced Wednesday that 10 senior officials of five food companies would be indicted on charges of using industrial fats and tallow to make instant noodles and other foods.
Gerald McEwen, vice president for science with the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, said it "boggles the mind" to think cat or dog remains would be used in cosmetics, given manufacturers' needs for pure beef tallow.
Beef tallow also is used in paint, as a lubricant, in some plastics and some cosmetics, said Roger Mandigo, an animal science professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
McDonald's says it uses a combination of cottonseed oil and beef tallow.
One combines lignins with a nitrogen-containing chemical produced from animal tallow; the other is made by having lignins react with hydrogen or carbon monoxide.