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Synonyms for tallowed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : tal-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæl oʊ

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Définition 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

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