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  • Sir Barnet Skettles had much to say upon the question, and said it; but it did not appear to solve the question, for Mr Baps retorted, Yes, but supposing Russia stepped in with her tallows; which struck Sir Barnet almost dumb, for he could only shake his head after that, and say, Why then you must fall back upon your cottons, he supposed.

    Dombey and Son 2007

  • Dainyl waited until the last of the tallows and oils flowed past him, and he eased them through his shields and let them drop, flaming, into the holocaust he sensed building in the rock-walled tunnels below.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Among them you can find those of animal origin such pork fat and tallows and those from cultivated plants such as cotton, peanut, physic nut and castor oils and those produced from wild plant fruits such as palm and Manan

    Chapter 7 1993

  • Secondly, a combination of unsaturated fatty acids with saturated fatty acid sources, for example, animal tallows, can enhance tallow utilization.

    Chapter 6 1988

  • The materials vary in glycerol content with the methods of preparation; especially is this the case with tallows and greases.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • Most of the Australasian tallows are of very uniform quality and much in demand.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • But not satisfied with his success, Burke goes further; he insists on leading us into the shambles, and makes the revolutionary butchers inquire as to their ducal victim, "how he cuts up? how he tallows in the caul or on the kidneys?"

    The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various

  • North American tallows are, as a general rule, much paler in colour than those of South America, but do not compare with them in consistence.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • _ -- The materials generally used are tallows and cocoa-nut oils of the finest quality.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • From Russia it took cargoes of fats, tallows, wax, and wares brought into Russian markets from the east; from Scandinavia, iron and copper; from England, hides and wool; from

    A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916

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