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Ballow vs Tallow - What's the difference?

ballow | tallow |

As nouns the difference between ballow and tallow

is that ballow is (nautical) deep water inside a shoal or bar or ballow can be (obsolete) a cudgel while tallow is a hard animal fat obtained from suet etc; used to make candles, soap and lubricants.

As an adjective ballow

is (obsolete) round; pot-bellied.

As a verb tallow is

to grease or smear with tallow.

ballow

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) balowe, balwe, balgh, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin obscure.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A cudgel.

    • References

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    tallow

    English

    (wikipedia tallow)

    Noun

    (-)
  • a hard animal fat obtained from suet etc.; used to make candles, soap and lubricants
  • * 1929 , , chapter VIII, section ii:
    • Nor were the wool prospects much better. The .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grease or smear with tallow.
  • To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
    • to tallow sheep