*suet*

n. [ L. consuetudo. See Custom. ] Custom, habit; usage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To observe this consuetude or law. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinalis. ] According to custom; customary; usual. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinarius. ] Customary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Consuetudinaries A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. desuetus, p. p. of desuescere to disuse. ] Disused; out of use. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude. See Custom. ] The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. insuetudo, from insuetus unaccustomed; pref. in- not + suetus, p. p. of suescere to be accustomed. ] The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mansuetus, p. p. of mansuescere to tame; manus hand + suescere to accustom: cf. F. mansuet. ] Tame; gentle; kind. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mansuetudo: cf. F. mansuétude. ] Tameness; gentleness; mildness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. suet, dim. fr. OF. seu, suif, F. suif, L. sebum. Cf. Soap, Sebaceous. ] The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow. [ 1913 Webster ]