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▪ I. suet|ˈs(j)uːɪt|
Forms: 4–5 suette, 4–8 sewet (4 swhet(t, 5 sweth, swette, swet(e, svette, 6 suete, sewett(e, suyt, showitt, 6–7 shewet, 7 sueete, shuet, sewed, suit, 8 suett), 4– suet.
[App. a. AF. *suet, *sewet, f. su(e, seu = OF. seu, sieu (mod.F. suif) = Pr. ceu, seu, sef, It. sevo, sego, Sp., Pg. sebo:—L. sēbum tallow, suet, grease.]
1. a. The solid fat round the loins and kidneys of certain animals, esp. that of the ox and sheep, which, chopped up, is used in cooking, and, when rendered down, forms tallow. (Occas. applied to the corresponding fat in the human body.)
1377Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 46 In iiij li. Swhet emp. in villa, viij d. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. xliv. (Bodl. MS.), Yren schal not ruste if it is ismered wiþ suette..of an herte. a1400in Rel. Ant. I. 53 Tak..fresch swyne grees or of a bare, and fresch sewet of a herte, and fresch talgh of a schepe. c1430Two Cookery bks. 41 Take Percely, & Swynys grece, or Sewet of a schepe. c1440Promp. Parv. 483/1 Swete, of flesche or fysche or oþer lyke (P. suet, due sillabe), liquamen, sumen. 1486Bk. St. Albans, Hunting e viij, She beerith booth sewet and pure greece Yit wolde I mayster..fayne witt more Where lyth the suet of the haare be hynde or befoore. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 125 Bulles tallowe or gote buckes swet. 1563in W. M. Williams Ann. Founders' Co. (1867) 63 Payde for viij pounds of Showitt & longe Marybones iij s. iiij d. 1615R. Cocks Diary (Hakl. Soc.) I. 93 Cows shewet for shipps use for chirurgion. 1634Peacham Compl. Gent. (ed. 2) xxi. 253 For your Maggots or Ientles they are fed with Sheepes shuet. 1675Hobbes Odyssey (1677) 218 There are o' th' fire good puddings full of suit. 1712Addison Spect. No. 317 ⁋8 Too many Plumbs, and no Sewet. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 97 The kidney is extracted from the suet. 1855Ibid. (ed. 2) II. 703/2 Mutton suet is used in the manufacture of common candles. 1889J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Wom. xxx. (ed. 4) 244 Remote parametritis may affect the region of the psoas muscle or may affect the suet.
†b. Hunting. The fat of deer. Obs.
a1400Parlt. 3 Ages 83, I soughte owte my sewet and semblete it to gedre. 1576Turberv. Venerie lxxvii, I haue termed their [sc. bears'] fatte greace, and so is it to be called of all beastes which praye: and of all Deare and other fallow beasts, it is to be called Sewet. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xiv. (1660) 166. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Sewet, Deer's Grease.
2. attrib., as suet-chopper, suet dumpling; suet affection, a diseased condition of the fat surrounding the kidneys; suet-brained a., stupid; suet crust, a form of heavy pastry made with suet, esp. used for meat or fruit puddings; suet face, a face of a pale complexionless appearance; hence suet-faced; suet-headed a., stupid; suet pudding, a pudding made of flour and suet and usually boiled in a cloth.
1889J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Wom. xxx. (ed. 4) 244 Whether the *suet affection explains the frequent occurrence of albuminuria in parametritic cases, it is to be remembered as an important concomitant of the disease.
1921Public Opinion 26 Aug. 199/2 Even among the most *suet-brained readers of the Morning Post there are some [etc.].
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, *Suet-chopper, a mincing knife for cutting up suet.
1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery xvi. 406 (heading) Common *suet-crust for pies. 1906Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. xxxi. 889 Suet crust..flour..suet..baking-powder..salt..water. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 671/1 Make 6–8 oz. suet-crust pastry. 1977‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xii. 231 Mrs Clotworthy is making a steak-and-kidney pudding with a thick suet crust.
a1756E. Haywood New Present (1771) 205 *Suet Dumplings. 1874Ruskin Fors Clav. xlviii. IV. 273 We will..have suet dumpling instead of pudding.
1897Rhoscomyl White Rose Arno 52 The chair of Gwgan Maddox was shadowed by the *suet face of the servant.
1922Joyce Ulysses 166 A pallid *suetfaced young man polished his tumbler knife fork and spoon with his napkin.
1937E. Pound Let. 10 Mar. (1971) 291 Make it clear..that 200 words per subject is all that wildcat editing can get over on the *suet-headed Brits.
a1756E. Haywood New Present (1771) 196 A *Suet Pudding, Take half a pound of fine beef suet, [etc.]. 1906B. Harraden Scholar's Dau. xi. 213 Big suet pudding with treacle.
▪ II. suet(e
obs. ff. suit, sweet. |