tallow in the PONS Dictionary

tallow Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

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Later wax candles made from various plant extracts replaced tallow as the preferred source of illumination.
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The size is a mixture of flour soft soap and tallow: specific to this mill.
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The auction, which sees a horseshoe nail driven through a tallow candle an inch below the wick, is held in the parish hall.
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Early in 1894 he purchased from his partners the hide and tallow division of this company.
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A chandelier of tallow candles lighted the house, with a glass plate underneath it to prevent drops from falling on the audience.
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The cattle and horses that provided the hides and tallow essentially grew wild.
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Just one tallow tree can produce 100,000 seeds every year.
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Kerosene lighting was much more efficient and less expensive than vegetable oils, tallow and whale oil.
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There was no longer any light seen there save that of the tallow candle of the newcomer.
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The family lived above the family tallow-chandlers business where candles and saddle-soaps were made and sold.
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