a. [f. TALLOW sb. + -ISH1 2.] Of the nature of or resembling tallow; tallow-like, tallowy.

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1552.  Huloet, Tallowyshe, or lyke to tallow, seuiosus.

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1598.  Florio, Songioso, fattie, lardie, greasie, tallowish.

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1731.  Medley, Kolben’s Cape G. Hope, II. 65. The Fat [of Cape sheep] is not so tallowish as that of European Mutton; and the poorer Sort … use it in the Place of Butter.

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1838.  Granville, Spas Germ., 378. The checks, formerly tallowish and saffrony, became ruddy.

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