Definition of Tallowy

1. a. Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

Definition of Tallowy

1. Adjective. Resembling tallow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tallowy

1. resembling tallow [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tallowy

tallophytes
tallot
tallots
tallow
tallow oil
tallow soap
tallowed
tallower
tallowers
tallowiness
tallowing
tallowish
tallows
tallowwood
tallowwoods
tallowy (current term)
talls
tallus
tallwood
tally
tally-ho
tally clerk
tally ho
tally room
tally shop
tally trade
tallyho
tallyhoed
tallyhoing
tallyhos

Literary usage of Tallowy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Butter Industry: Prepared for the Use of Creameries, Dairy Students and by Otto Frederick Hunziker (1920)
"In commercial cold storage, butter seldom goes tallowy. ... The tallowy flavor and the bleaching start on the surface of the butter and gradually work into ..."

2. Dairy Bacteriology by Sigurd Orla-Jensen, Paul Seidelin Arup (1921)
"Metallic and tallowy Taste in Milk.—Badly-tinned vessels will always impart a ... The metallic taste must not be confused with the tallowy taste which may ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1899)
"... yet it will be sorry looking stuff—white, hard and tallowy, and you have got to have it almost at the melting point before it will spread, ..."

4. Chemistry of Animal Bodies by Thomas Thomson (1843)
"The stearic acid after this action becomes clear and liquid, and forms a tallowy, solid matter, which melts at 95° or 113°, according to the duration of the ..."

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