Adjective : a tallowy mass of moistened powder; tallowy skin. From Dictionary.com.
By contrast, Margey's soft figure was as tallowy as the sheet beneath us. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
I guessed he must have weighed eleven score, he had a half-ruddy, half-tallowy face, brown hair, and rather thin whiskers. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
'Ah, now you've given me something to sink my teeth into,' Harrison said, as he pulled back the tallowy skin on Junior Ruiz's chest. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
Mallory, -- wasn't that the sentimental young man, with wispy hair, a tallowy skin, and big, sweaty hands, who used to be spouting Carlyle on the 'reading evenings' at. From Wordnik.com. [Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature] Reference
He's got so tallowy that Arden land isn't good enough for him. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Arden] Reference
A face, tallowy-nosed and black-whiskered, was leaning over the side. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference
When he saw Maud and Sam his tallowy face flushed, in spots, with delight. From Wordnik.com. [The Bread-winners A Social Study] Reference
That tallowy nose, those eyes with the wild gleam in them, could not be mistaken. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference
A skull into the picture whether you needed its tallowy color near the grapes or not. From Wordnik.com. [SeeLight:] Reference
In the background hovered Winklestein, his little, squeezed-up, tallowy face beaded with perspiration. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance] Reference
The latter looked tallowy and nobody took it further than the billet; the pants were woollen, very warm and made in Canada. From Wordnik.com. [The Amateur Army] Reference
He had a hairless, square, tallowy chin which trembled slightly as he spoke, and his nose nipped bright red by the sharp air looked like. From Wordnik.com. [Under Western Eyes] Reference
He was a pale, tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the left hand, and though he wore a cutlass, he did not look much like a fighter. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Island] Reference
Beef dripping is preferable to any other for cooking purposes, as, with mutton dripping, there is liable to be a tallowy taste and smell. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
He was a pale, tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the left hand; and, though he wore a cutlass, he did not look much like a fighter. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Island] Reference
They were flashily dressed, with race-tout written all over them, and their keen, impudent, tallowy faces filled her with sudden misgiving. From Wordnik.com. [The Motormaniacs] Reference
Boeress drinking coffee out of my kettle, and then throwing her tallowy corporeity on my sofa, or keeping her needles in my wife's writing-desk!. From Wordnik.com. [The Personal Life of David Livingstone] Reference
He was a tall fellow, with bushy black whiskers, a long tallowy nose that in some old-time battle had been broken, and eyes with a wild wet gleam in them. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference
Veal stock has less colour and taste; whilst mutton sometimes gives it a tallowy smell, far from agreeable, unless the meat has been previously roasted or broiled. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Mallory -- wasn't that the sentimental young man, with wispy hair, a tallowy skin, and big, sweaty hands, who used to be spouting Carlyle on the 'reading evenings' at. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home] Reference
Mallory -- wasn't that the sentimental young man, with wispy hair, a tallowy skin, and big, sweaty hands, who used to be spouting Carlyle on the ` reading evenings 'at Shelldrake's?. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty and the Beast: and Tales of Home] Reference
Faded and tallowy in complexion, so as to be almost ghastly in her blue brocade and heavy gold ornaments, she reclined languidly on a large easy-chair, saying with half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference
His face was deeper sunk in the lines than I have yet seen it, but the colour was better than I expected -- a dark brown, instead of the dead, tallowy colour which I have sometimes seen. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents] Reference
I. BEEF MAKES THE BEST STOCK; veal stock has less colour and taste; whilst mutton sometimes gives it a tallowy smell, far from agreeable, unless the meat has been previously roasted or broiled. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
Presintly I found him in our lines -- the Bobtails was quartered next us -- an 'a tallowy, topheavy son av a she-mule he was wid his big brass spurs an' his plastrons on his epigastrons an 'all. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Handicap] Reference
A tallowy yellowish-red, somewhat like a winter-killed apple. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights] Reference
A boy, for he could play at no boyish games; had a tallowy, unpleasant complexion, went for formal walks, and carried gloves. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolution in Tanner's Lane] Reference
A piece of coarse red flannel round her head to comfort a swollen jaw, and her face appeared from within like a tallowy oval. From Wordnik.com. [The House with the Green Shutters] Reference
The sweat gleamed on his large, tallowy breasts. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
~Lardy and tallowy butter. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying] Reference
Myself amidst those tallowy fellow-men. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions] Reference
Then a kind of a tallowy kind of a cheesy. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
And I knew what was meant by a tallowy face!. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
“think of a big fat Boeress drinking coffee out of my kettle, and then throwing her tallowy corporeity on my sofa, or keeping her needles in my wife's writing-desk!. From Wordnik.com. [The Personal Life Of David Livingstone]
"cowy," 157; fishy, 159; lardy, 157; moldy, 158; mottled, 156; oily, 158; putrid, 156; rancid, 155; tallowy, 157; turnip flavor in, 157. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.