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Definition of Tallowing
1. n. The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.
Definition of Tallowing
1. Noun. The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow. ¹
2. Noun. The property in animals of producing tallow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tallowing
1. tallow [v] - See also: tallow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tallowing
Literary usage of Tallowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Compendium of Agriculture: Or, The Farmer's Guide, in the Most Essential by William Drowne, Solomon Drowne (1824)
"Tallowing. wheat or rye) will produce four tons of manure ; this will dress one
acre of corn or potatoes in the hill, and thus give a profit on the crops of ..."
2. A New and Complete Treatise on the Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather by Hippolyte Dussauce (1867)
"Tallowing. THE hides are impregnated with tallow in the storeroom, and the tallow
is melted in a boiler capable of Fig. ..."
3. State Papers Relating to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Anno 1588 by John Knox Laughton, Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Total 8490 men, which cometh by the month, after 285. a man, to 11,89o/., besides
tonnage, and about 705/. a month, grounding, tallowing, carpentry. ..."
4. State Papers Relating to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Anno 1588 by John Knox Laughton (1894)
"... a month, grounding, tallowing, carpentry. Add for wages of 700 men, newly
increased in 8 ships with the Lord Admiral and Sir Fra. ..."
5. The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. by James Cook (1821)
"From some information we received, relative to the custom of tallowing, we were
inclined to think that it is frequently intended as a sign of mourning on ..."
6. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1848)
"... it can do no harm; these are heavy, hardy, thrifty sheep, good nurses, tallowing
well, and the wethers will fetch a good price for the butchers. ..."
7. The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather Dressing: Theoretically by François Malepeyre, Campbell Morfit (1852)
"Two workmen are employed in tallowing the hides. ... He then takes a tallowing
cloth or mop (Fig. 127), made with pieces of woollen rag or blanket- stuff, ..."
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