Tallow

(noun.) obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants.

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• Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• If the tallow candle, hitherto unknown, were now invented, its creator would be hailed as one of the greatest benefactors of the present age. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• You know it is a mere bachelor's room, continued he, lighting a long tallow-candle by a short piece, which was burning in a broken candlestick. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The heat of the burning tallow melts more of the tallow near it, and this liquid fat is quickly sucked up into the burning wick. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He said, Oh no, I've got another one here, and he produced another couple of inches of tallow candle. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Anyhow, he never got tallow-stains from a gas-jet. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The reddleman struck a light, kindled an inch of tallow-candle which he had brought, and sheltered it with his cap. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I had the tallow of three hundred cows, for greasing my boat, and other uses. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The candles which decorate our tea tables are of wax, while those which serve for general use are of paraffin and tallow. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He bore in his right hand a tallow candle stuck in the end of a cleft stick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• In some provinces of Spain, I have been assured, the sheep is frequently killed merely for the sake of the fleece and the tallow. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Cannons were fired and much tallow consumed in illumination. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• On a dirty table stand scores of corresponding brass candlesticks with tallow candles for the lodgers, whose keys hang up in rows over the candles. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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