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Meaning of SUET

Pronunciation:  'sooit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton
 
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 See Also: edible fat

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Su"et\, n. [OE. suet, dim. fr. OF. seu, suif, F. suif, L.
sebum. Cf. {Soap}, {Sebaceous}.]
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.
 

 

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