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Webster 1913 Edition
Tar
Tar
,Noun.
[Abbrev. from
tarpaulin
.] A sailor; a seaman.
[Colloq.]
Swift.
Tar
,Noun.
[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
.] 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
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tarred
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tarring
.] To smear with tar, or as with tar;
as, to
tar
ropes; to tar
cloth.To tar and feather a person
. See under
Feather
, Verb.
T.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tar
T`AR
,Noun.
1.
A thick resinous substance of a dark brown or black color, obtained from pine and fir trees, by burning the wood with a close smothering heat.Tar inspissated is called pitch, and is much used in ships and cordage.
2.
A sailor; so called form his tarred clothes.T`AR
,Verb.
T.
1.
To tease; to provoke. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
tår
tår
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse tár, from Proto-Germanic *tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru- (“tear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tår c
- a tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)
- (dated) a (small) cup of coffee or other hot beverage
- indefinite plural of tå
Declension
| Inflection of tår | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tår | tåren | tårar | tårarna |
| Genitive | tårs | tårens | tårars | tårarnas |
See also
- påtår
- tåre
- tårögd
- tretår