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suety, a.|ˈs(j)uːɪtɪ|
Also -etty.
[f. suet + -y1.]
1. Of the nature of suet.
1730Bailey (fol.), Steatocele, a preternatural Tumour in the Scrotum of a suety or Suet-like Consistence. 1739Sharpe Surg. xxv. 125 If the Matter forming them resembles Milk-Curds, the tumour is call'd Atheroma;..if compos'd of Fat, or a suety Substance, Steatoma. 1802Med. Jrnl. VIII. 564 That rare change of structure in the ovarium in which it is found to contain masses of suetty matter. 1871Scoffern in Belgravia III. 442 The fat is hard or suety.
b. fig. Pale-faced.
1801Southey Lett. (1856) I. 152 Do you remember the suetty, small-pox man at Gray's Inn?
2. Full of suet; made with suet.
1807Lamb Let. to J. Hume 29 Dec., I always spell plumb-pudding with a b, p-l-u-m-b—I think it reads fatter and more suetty. 1897Daily News 3 May 4/1 Great, round, soft, suetty puddings, pitted black with plums. 1903Farmer & Henley Slang, Suetty-Isaac,..suet pudding. |