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Webster 1913 Edition

Tare

Tare

,
obs.
imp.
of
Tear
.
Tore.

Tare

,
Noun.
[Cf. Prov. E.
tare
brisk, eager, OE.
tarefitch
the wild vetch.]
1.
A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; – alleged by modern naturalists to be the
Lolium temulentum
, or darnel.
Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it
tares
?
Matt. xiii. 27.
The “darnel” is said to be the
tares
of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order.
Baird.
2.
(Bot.)
A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus
Vicia
; especially, the
Vicia sativa
, sometimes grown for fodder.

Tare

,
Noun.
[F.
tare
; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It.
tara
; all fr. Ar.
tarah
thrown away, removed, fr.
taraha
to reject, remove.]
(Com.)
Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.

Tare

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tared
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Taring
.]
To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Webster 1828 Edition

Tare

TARE

,
Noun.
[I know not the origin of this word. See the next word.]
1.
A weed that grows among corn.
Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matt.13.
2.
In agriculture, a plant of the vetch kind, of which there are two sorts, the purple flowered spring or summer tare, and the purple-flowered wild or winter tare. It is much cultivated in England for fodder.

TARE

, n.
1.
In commerce, deficiency in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag or other thing containing the commodity, and which is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity from the weight or quantity of a commodity sold in a cask, chest, bag or the like, which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, chest or bag; or the abatement may be on the price of the commodity sold. When the tare is deducted, the remainder is called the net or neat weight.

TARE

,
Verb.
T.
To ascertain or mark the amount of tare.

TARE

, old pret. of tear. WE now use tore.

Definition 2024

Tāre

Tāre

See also: tare, taré, tarė, tåre, and -tare

Maori

Proper noun

Tāre

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Charles.

Related terms

  • Tiāre

References

  • Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index
  • Fletcher Index of Maori Names
  • Ancestry.com: 120 hits in exact search for the given name "Tare" in documents relating to New Zealand. Accessed on 18 March 2016.

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