TARRE

Etymology 1

Verb

tarre (third-person singular simple present tarres, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

(obsolete) To incite; to provoke; to spur on.

Etymology 2

Noun

tarre

Obsolete form of tar.

Anagrams

• Arter, Terra, arter, rater, retar, terra

Source: Wiktionary


Tarre, v. t. Etym: [OE. tarien, terien, to irritate, provoke, AS. tergan to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E. tear, v.t. *63. Cf. Tarry, v.]

Definition: To set on, as a dog; to incite. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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