talow
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- talew, talgh, talghe, tallowe, talou, talogh, talowe, talowgh, talowȝ, talowh, talugh, taluȝ, talwe, talwgh, talwȝ, talwhe
Etymology edit
From Old English *tealg, *tealh, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
talow (uncountable)
- suet (the adipose tissues of an animal).
- tallow (in cooking, candlemaking, and greasing)
- (rare) The inner matter of a seed.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “talou(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.