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Old French

siu

fat, tallow

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A plain block of hard white animal suet beside a small seed-filled suet feeder cake, cut edge makes solid fat clear.
noun

suet

SOO-it/ˈsuːɪt/

Hard fat from around an animal’s kidneys and loins, used in cooking or bird feed.

Etymology
suetOld Frenchfat, tallow

Suet probably comes from a diminutive of Old French siu, “fat” or “tallow.” The English word names specifically the solid fat found in the torsos of cattle and sheep.

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