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Tallowed vs Tallower - What's the difference?

tallowed | tallower |

As a verb tallowed

is past tense of tallow.

As a noun tallower is

an animal which produces tallow.

tallowed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tallow)

    • 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

    tallower

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal which produces tallow.
  • * 1813 , Arthur Young, General view of the agriculture of the county of Sussex (page 332)
    • The South Down sheep are not great tallowers , compared with some other sorts; but what they loose in tallow, they make up in a disposition to fatten.
  • A merchant who deals in tallow.
    • (Webster 1913)