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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suet  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suet 
  n  :  hard  fat  around  the  kidneys  and  loins  in  beef  and  mutton 




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