tallows
Hard animal fats
Tallows is the plural of tallow, a rendered form of animal fat used historically for making candles, soap, and lubricants.
The word appears in contexts involving multiple types or batches: The chandler kept beef and mutton tallows in separate vats.
As a verb form, tallows means applies or treats with tallow: He tallows the leather to keep it supple.
Vessel provisioning establishment
- wickFuel-drawing cord
- taperNarrow gradually toward point
- votiveOffered in devotion
- pillarUpright architectural support
dipped · molded · rushlight · luminary · snuffer · illumination · flickering · rendering
Fat-alkali reaction making soap
- lyeHydroxide cleaning solution
- potashAlkaline fertilizer compound
- soapFatty alkali cleanser
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
boiling · kettle · glycerin · soft-soap · colonial · washing · cleansing · bars
Hard animal fat
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- lardClarified pork fat
- greaseThick oily lubricant
- renderedDepicted or processed
adipose · fatty · saturated · lipid · hardened · solidified · white · creamy
Interpretive depiction or performance
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- processingSystematic operation on data
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
machinery · greasing · axle · wagon · waterproofing · textile · crayons · cosmetics
Waxy leather preservative
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- waterproofingMaking impervious to moisture
- softeningBecoming less firm
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
harness · saddle · boot · hide · treatment · penetrating · suppleness · protecting
chandlery
Vessel provisioning establishment
pillar · dipped · molded · rushlight · luminary · snuffer · illumination · flickering · rendering · colonial
saponification
Fat-alkali reaction making soap
rendering · boiling · kettle · glycerin · soft-soap · colonial · washing · cleansing · bars · curing
suet
Hard animal fat
rendered · adipose · fatty · saturated · lipid · hardened · solidified · white · creamy · rancid
rendering
Interpretive depiction or performance
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- processingSystematic operation on data
lubricant · machinery · greasing · axle · wagon · waterproofing · textile · crayons · cosmetics · biodiesel
dubbin
Waxy leather preservative
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- waterproofingMaking impervious to moisture
- softeningBecoming less firm
preservation · harness · saddle · boot · hide · treatment · penetrating · suppleness · protecting · traditional
tallowsvegetable oils
Lipids extracted from plants
plant oils · vegetable fats · seed oils · olive oil · coconut oil
- beef tallowRendered bovine fat
- tallow candleWick in solidified animal fat