Antonyms for tallowed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tal-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæl oʊ

Definition of tallowed

Origin : mid-14c., talwgh, from a form cognate with Middle Low German talg "tallow," Middle Dutch talch, from Proto-Germanic *talga-, meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (cf. Gothic tulgus "firm, solid").

As in lubricate : verb make slippery

Example sentences :

When that was done, we heeled her, scrubbed her Bottom, and tallowed it.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898--Volume 39 of 55 » by Various

The ways have been tallowed for us, thus far, and I don't fully understand it.
Extract from : « The Grafters » by Francis Lynde

The quarter-deck was here cut down, to make the ship the better for sailing, and her bottom was scrubbed and tallowed.
Extract from : « Notable Voyagers » by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

Nothing now held the ship but a single iron dog which bound the two tallowed surfaces together.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various

When it ceases to smoke, let the whole cool; or pour it into a hollow iron cone, warmed and tallowed.
Extract from : « Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. » by Pierre Joseph Macquer

After you have kept the matter in this condition for some minutes, pour it into an iron cone, first heated and tallowed.
Extract from : « Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. » by Pierre Joseph Macquer

They were prolific, excellent nurses, tallowed well, and yielded good mutton.
Extract from : « Domestic Animals » by Richard L. Allen

I sailed from the cove about noon, greased from top to toe, while my vessel was tallowed from keelson to truck.
Extract from : « Sailing Alone Around The World » by Joshua Slocum

Tallowed my boats with our candles and 193 launched them; they made considerable water.
Extract from : « The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume I (of 3) » by Elliott Coues

But in running in for the town, you kept the lead going, out of question, and must have tallowed as usual.
Extract from : « The Pathfinder » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for tallowed

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