tallowy

tallowy
tallowiness, n.
/tal"oh ee/, adj.
resembling tallow in consistency, color, etc.; fatty: a tallowy mass of moistened powder; tallowy skin.
Also, tallowlike.
[1400-50; late ME talwy. See TALLOW, -Y1]

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