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Tallowing :: Tallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tallo.

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

Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..

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

Flake :: Flake (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish..

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

Tallow :: Tallow (v. t.) To grease or smear with tallow.

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

Saponify :: Saponify (v. t.) To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate..

Tallow :: Tallow (v. t.) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep..

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

Melt :: Melt (v.) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow..

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

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

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

Lubricate :: Lubricate (v. t.) To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow..

Lipic :: Lipic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc..

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

Dubbing :: Dubbing (n.) A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.

Crackling :: Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting..

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