different between tallow vs daubing

English

Etymology

From Middle English talwe, talugh, talu?, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian ??? (te?, “heavy rain”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæl??/

  Rhymes: -æl??

Noun

tallow (countable and uncountable, plural tallows)

1. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:

     Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.

Translations

Verb

tallow (third-person singular simple present tallows, present participle tallowing, simple past and past participle tallowed)

1. To grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

   to tallow sheep

Translations

English

Verb

daubing

1. present participle of daub

Noun

daubing (plural daubings)

1. Something daubed, such as graffiti.
2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; roughcast.
3. In currying horses, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; dubbing.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)