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Tallowing :: Tallowing (n.) The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow..

Arming :: Arming (n.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom..

Candle :: Candle (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light..

Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Tallowy :: Tallowy (a.) Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear..

Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off..

Render :: Render (v. t.) To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow..

Stearin :: Stearic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow..

Seam :: Seam (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.

Raw :: Raw (superl.) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.

Sweal :: Sweal (v. i.) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame..

Tallowish :: Tallowish (a.) Having the qualities of tallow.

Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat..

Tallow-face :: Tallow-face (n.) One who has a sickly, pale complexion..

Try :: Try (v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc..

Tallower :: Tallower (n.) An animal which produces tallow.

Stuffy :: Stuffing (n.) A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Renderer :: Renderer (n.) A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered..

Stuff :: Stuff (v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication..

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