Tăl'lōw1, n.
n. [A.-S. telg, tālg, Ger. & Sw. talg, D. talk, Dan. talg, täll, Icel. tölg, tölk.]
Sense 1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting it down.
Sense 2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling that of animals of the sheep and ox kind.
Mineral tallow, a yellowish-white combustible substance, having a pearly luster, found with the iron ores of the coal-measures in Scotland, in Wales, and in Finland. It is technically known as hatchetine. — Piney tallow, a vegetable fat obtained from the fruit of the pine-tree. — Vegetable tallow, a kind of fat resembling tallow, obtained from various plants.