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tallowed

  • past participle
    of tallow.
    tallow
    noun
    the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
  • past tense form
    of tallow.
    tallow
    noun
    the fatty tissue or suet of animals.

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"I've never tried to make my figures come out this way," he explained last week, pointing to a tall figure reminiscent of a grotesquely tallowed candle.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tallowed the lead and heaved it, and brought it down to Weeks.

From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

They were prolific, excellent nurses, tallowed well, and yielded good mutton.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

The quarter-deck was here cut down, to make the ship the better for sailing, and her bottom was scrubbed and tallowed.

From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by William Henry Giles Kingston

"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

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