The fat surrounding the entrails of an animal; suet. Also midgen-fat.

Animal fat; lard. In early use also: †adipose tissue, esp. that located beneath the skin (obsolete).

The oily concrete substance of which the fat parts of animal bodies are chiefly composed; any particular variety of this substance. Often modified by…

(a) Anatomy (now rare) = adipose tissue n.; cf. cellular membrane n. (a) at cellular, adj. n.compounds; (b) Ichthyology = adipose eyelid n.

Superfluous fat, esp. in horses.

a type of connective tissue specialized for the storage of fat.

Adipose tissue; body fat.

Fat found in an animal, esp. that surrounding the kidneys; spec. the solid white fat surrounding the kidneys of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants…

Deposits of subcutaneous fat causing dimpling of the overlying skin.

Anything short or thick; spec. a short fat person or animal; a plump child. Now also: excess weight, fat. Cf. pudge, n.2