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tallow-catch ( “tallow-keech” Dyce ), 1 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 221. Tallow-catch means“tallow-ketch,” that is, a tallow-tub, or perhaps “tallow-keech” (Steevens's conjecture),— a round lump of fat rolled up by the butcher to be carried to the chandler.

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