Word Meanings - GRAVES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Related words: (words related to GRAVES)

• TALLOW-FACED
  Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.
• TALLOWY
  Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
• SEDIMENTARY
  Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. Sedimentary rocks. See Aqueous rocks, under Aqueous.
• TALLOWISH
  Having the qualities of tallow.
• GREAVES
  The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.
• MELTABLE
  Capable of being melted.
• MELTON
  A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.
• TALLOW-FACE
  One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.
• SEDIMENT
  The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed. (more info) 1. The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
• TALLOW
  Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. tolgr, tolg, tolk; and perhaps to Goth. 1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting. Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount
• SEDIMENTAL
  Sedimentary.
• TALLOWER
  An animal which produces tallow.
• SEDIMENTATION
  The act of depositing a sediment; specifically , the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
• MELT
  See MILT
• MELTER
  , One who, or that which, melts.
• TALLOWING
  The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.
• MELTING
  Liquefaction; the act of causing to melt, or the process of becoming melted. Melting point , the degree of temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses; as, the melting point of ice is 0º Centigrade or 32º Fahr., that of urea is 132º
• SMELTERY
  A house or place for smelting.
• SMELT
  of Smell.
• SMELTING
  a. & n. from Smelt. Smelting furnace , a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced.
• REMELT
  To melt again.
• SMELTIE
  A fish, the bib.
• SMELTER
  One who, or that which, smelts.