tallow

Meanings

Noun

• A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.

Verb

• To grease or smear with tallow.
• To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

Origin

• From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg), from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- ("flow") (compare Middle Irish delt ("dew"), Old Armenian տեղ ("heavy rain")).