Definition of Mutton tallow

1. Noun. Tallow from the body of a mature sheep.

Generic synonyms: Tallow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutton Tallow

mutters
muttnik
muttniks
mutton-chop whiskers
mutton-fat keratic precipitates
mutton bird
mutton birds
mutton chop
mutton dressed as lamb
mutton flaps
mutton quad
mutton quads
mutton snapper
mutton tallow (current term)
muttonbirding
muttonchops
muttonfish
muttonfishes
muttonhead
muttonheaded
muttonheads
muttons
muttony
mutts
mutual
mutual admiration society
mutual affection

Literary usage of Mutton tallow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Goat's tallow, sold in commerce as mutton tallow, is considered by candle-makers as an ... For tables of constants see pp. 819, 820. mutton tallow very much ..."

2. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"mutton tallow. Suif de Mouton, Fr. Sego di Montone, ... mutton tallow is used in candle and soap making and as a lubricant. It is used in the preparation of ..."

3. Rifle Shots and Bugle Notes: Or, the National Military Album of Sketches of by Joseph A. Joel, Lewis R. Stegman (1883)
"THE "MUTTON-TALLOW" ORDER Oliver Edwards, of Florence, Mass., who was the first Colonel of el the Thirty seventh Massachusetts Regiment, ..."

4. Lubricating Oils, Fats and Greases: Their Origin, Preparation, Properties by George Henry Hurst (1902)
"South America sends both "beef" and "mutton" tallow. ... It is mostly "beef" tallow that comes from North America, but "mutton" tallow is also sent over. ..."

5. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"If intended for long keeping, it is held at a temperature of 40 to 45° F. mutton tallow—Mutton fat may be rendered to produce mutton oleo oil, ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"mutton tallow.—Where large numbers of sheep are slaughtered, the tallow from the offal is cooked by itself and produces a white, hard tallow known as mutton ..."

7. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1907)
"Beef tallow is obtained from oxen, mutton tallow from rams, ewes, bucks, and she-goats. The rendering of the fat on a small scale is effected by heating the ..."

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