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
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
