'Tallow chandlery' definitions:
Definition of 'Tallow chandlery'
From: GCIDE
- Tallow \Tal"low\, n. [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D. talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. t[=o]lgr, t[=o]lg, t[=o]lk; and perhaps to Goth. tulgus firm.]
- 1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of stearin it contains. See Fat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds. [1913 Webster]
- Tallow candle, a candle made of tallow.
- Tallow catch, a keech. See Keech. [Obs.]
- Tallow chandler, one whose occupation is to make, or to sell, tallow candles.
- Tallow chandlery, the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the place where his business is carried on.
- Tallow tree (Bot.), a tree (Stillingia sebifera) growing in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is applied to the same purposes. [1913 Webster]