tallow

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle, sheep, or horses, and used in foodstuffs or to make candles, leather dressing, soap, and lubricants.
2. n. Any of various similar fats, such as those obtained from plants.
3. v. To smear or cover with tallow.
4. v. To fatten (animals) in order to obtain tallow.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The harder and less fusible fats melted and separated from the fibrous or membranous matter which is naturally mixed with them. These fats are mostly of animal origin, the most common being derived from sheep and oxen. When pure, animal tallow is white and nearly tasteless; but the tallow of commerce usually has a yellow tinge. All the different kinds of tallow consist chiefly of stearin, palmitin, and olein. In commerce tallow is divided into various kinds according to its qualities, of which the best are used for the manufacture of candles, and the inferior for making soap, dressing leather, greasing machinery, and several other purposes. It is exported in large quantities from Russia.
2. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling tallow: as, a tallow cake; a tallow dip.
3. To grease or smear with tallow.
4. To fatten; cause to have a large quantity of tallow: as, to tallow sheep.

Wiktionary

1. n. a hard animal fat obtained from suet etc.; used to make candles, soap and lubricants
2. v. To grease or smear with tallow.
3. v. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
2. n. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
3. v. To grease or smear with tallow.
4. v. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants