In the end we will listen to the voice of the machines. We will have to. . . We will not go back to tallow dips while the great shining wheels are there to bring us light. From LearnThat.org. [Mary Heaton Vorse (1874-1966), U.S. journalist and labor activist.]
Noun : vegetable tallow. From Dictionary.com.
His first foot-gear was moccasins, his first taffy the tallow from a moose. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER 5] Reference
A variety of industries, such as tallow-melting, soap-boiling, tile-making and brewing, are carried on. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
She was busily engaged in a local industry, the making of soft soap, and used the 'tallow' for it. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
These products are derived from naturally occurring fats and oils, such as tallow and coconut oil. From Wordnik.com. [Sara Lee Agrees to Sell Its White King and Janola Cleaning Brands to Symex for €37.9 Million - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
Another thing that comes from rendering plants is an indredient in alot of our household products called "tallow". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Japan suspends beef exports over foot-and-mouth] Reference
Candles made wholly of any other material, such as tallow (Cong. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
They answered: "We will not, for he gave us tallow!". From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Is it going to be pig tallow candles or sperm whale oil lanterns?. From Wordnik.com. [How David Mitchell Brings Historical Fiction To Life] Reference
Old-fashioned people always used mutton tallow on children's shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Things Mother Used to Make] Reference
It had swirled away at the sides till the tallow ran down upon the brass. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
The boy slunk back in his chair staring at the tallow dip disconsolately. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
The prince, well contented, took the bag of bread and the tallow and rode away. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The casting material is one part wax, one part spermaceti, two parts mutton tallow. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
But, as she kissed him, she dropped three drops of hot tallow on his shirt, and he woke up. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
The morning after he always smelled of tallow and incense and an exciting, foreign muskiness. From Wordnik.com. [Blackballed] Reference
Anoint it all over with tallow, temper it in a gentle charcoal fire, and let it cool of itself. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Col. Sober: I prefer mutton tallow; two pounds of rosin, one of beeswax and half a pound of tallow. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Massive tallow brick walls encase crumbling five-story cell blocks, stacked like outsize headstones. From Wordnik.com. [Beating The Rap In Brazil] Reference
Purify melted mutton tallow by throwing in powdered quicklime, then add 2 parts of wax to 1 of tallow. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
The light from a tallow candle fell upon them from behind, striking their side faces with singular effect. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Take Red Oak Bark, and boil it to the thickness of molasses, then mix with sheep's tallow of equal proportion. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
"Come, Nathan," said aunt Hannah, appearing in the porch with a tallow candle in her hand, "it's almost bed-time.". From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
You retreat through dark alleys, following votive candles flickering amid overflowing dumpsters and tallow barrels. From Wordnik.com. [Feast] Reference
Judith needed the small brass lamp at the hearthstone, and a tallow candle rather inadequately lit the supper-table. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Then suddenly the flame twisted and bent, the tallow melted swiftly on one side, and Judith's pin fell to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
The tallow candles were taken from the table and lifted up high, and the whole affair had an absolutely gruesome look. From Wordnik.com. [Good Blood] Reference
A nursery that can sell all the Chinese tallow it has to home gardeners throughout the South doesn't want restrictions. From Wordnik.com. [Aliens Invade America!] Reference
Grease the front teeth and the roof of the mouth with common beef tallow, and he will not eat until you wash it out. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
"Is it you, dearie?" she asked, rather unnecessarily, surveying her critically by the light of a flaring tallow candle. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
California large herds of cattle, which were only valuable for their hides and tallow; that it was of great importance to the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
G-Oil is made from beef tallow, a byproduct of meat processing (and meat is something Americans like to process in abundance). From Wordnik.com. [2008 SEMA - Green motor oil, or is it moo-ter oil?] Reference
Now and then the gleam of a coarse tallow candle swaling gloomily away by some sick bed, threw its murky light across his path. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
He dismounted, tied his horse to the gate, and began to anoint the locks with the tallow, until, after much creaking, they opened. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
There were some live pigs with immense tusks, and some tasajo in the hold, and a raft of pipes of tallow which a hawser towed behind. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The smell of tallow grew fainter over time, though, as when refugees came spilling in from the west, animal fat was used only for food. From Wordnik.com. [Heroic] Reference
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