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ˈtallow-face Now rare or Obs.
A pale, yellowish-white face; hence, a person having such a face: a term of contempt.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. v. 158 Out you baggage, You tallow face. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle v. 2237 O, 'tis Fumoso with the tallow-face. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 127 The entrance..neer which is hung a mirrour whether to admire their tallow faces in, or internal deformities, I know not.
So ˈtallow-faced a., having a tallow-face.
1592Greene Disput., etc. 17 The Paynters coulde not..make away theyr Vermiglion, if tallowe facde whoores vsde it not for their cheekes. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iv. i. (1651) 519 Every Lover admires his Mistress, though she be..pale, red, yellow, tand, tallow-faced. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 446 A deformed, thin, tallow-faced fellow, he looks like a Ghost. 1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. ii. viii, It was the tallow-faced man. |