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Suet

//ˈs(j)uːɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow. countable, uncountable

    "[T]he ſevvet of oxen […] is alſo good againſt the inflammation of the eares, the ſtupidity and dulneſſe of the teeth, the running of the eyes, the vlcers and rimes of the mouth, and ſtiffneſſe of the neck."

  2. 2
    hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.

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