tar
(verb) coat with tar; “tar the roof”; “tar the roads”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tarring
present participle of tar
tarring (plural tarrings)
An application of tar.
• ring rat
Source: Wiktionary
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, 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
4 May 2024
(noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
