suet
/ˈs(j)uːɪt/ noun
Forms suets
- noun The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
Etymology
From Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.
Etymology [OE. suet, dim. fr. OF. seu, suif, F. suif, L. sebum. Cf. Soap, Sebaceous.]
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