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TARRED
TAR
tar
(verb) coat with tar; “tar the roof”; “tar the roads”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
tarred
simple past tense and past participle of tar
Anagrams
• Darter, R-rated, Trader, darter, dartre, retard, retrad, trader
Source: Wiktionary
TAR
Tar, n. Etym: [Abbrev. from tarpaulin.]
Definition: A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] Swift.
Tar, n. Etym: [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D. teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tjära, Dan. tiære, and to E. tree. *63. See Tree.]
Definition: A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it. Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary.
– Mineral tar (Min.), a kind of soft native bitumen.
– Tar board, a strong quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope. Knight.
– Tar water. (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine. (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works.
– Wood tar, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir, and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes, oakum, etc., impervious to water.
Tar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarring.]
Definition: To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth. To tar and feather a person. See under Feather, v. t.
TARRE
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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