tallow
noun
the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"But in running in for the town, you kept the lead going, out of question, and must have tallowed as usual."
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by James Fenimore Cooper