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Webster 1913 Edition
Thar
Thar
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A goatlike animal (
Capra Jemlaica
) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow
, and imo
. [Written also
thaar
, and tahr
.] Thar
,Verb.
impersonal, pres.
[OE.
thar
, þarf
, AS. þearf
, infin. þurfan
to need; akin to OHG. durfan
, G. dürfen
to be allowed, Icel. þurfa
to need, Goth. þaúrban
.] It needs; need.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
What
thar
thee reck or care? Chaucer.