TALLOW

(Germ, talg.) The fat obtained by melting the suet of the ox and sheep, and straining it so as to free it from membrane. Tallow is an article of great importance. It is manufactured into candles and soap; and is extensively used in the dre ing of leather, and in various proce es of the arts. Besides our extensive supplies of native tallow, we annually import a very large quantity, principally from Ru ia. The exports of tallow from Peters burgh amount, at an average, to between 3,-500,000 and 4,000,000 poods, of which the largest portion by far is brought to England; the remainder being exported to Pru ia, France, the Hanse Towns, Turkey, . [s. 1219]