ˈgoose-grease
The melted fat or grease of the goose. See also goose-grass 2 β.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xliii. (1495) 629 Oyneons helpyth ache of reynes wyth gose grece or wyth hony. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §43 Let thy terre be medled with oyle, gose grease, or capons grease, these three be the beste. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden l. 99 If they be anointed with it [Garden-cresse], and Goose-grease mixed together. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 150 Some farmers place great reliance on goose-grease. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 582 Mutton suet and goose-grease are famous in domestic medicine, but are simply valuable because, if well prepared, they are less apt than some other fats to become rancid. |