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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.
[Eng. tare, in commerce.]
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.
To smear with tar; as, to tar ropes.
1.
To tease; to provoke. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

tár

tár

See also: tar, Tar, TAR, tår, tar-, -tar, -tär, and Appendix:Variations of "tar"

Faroese

Noun

tár n (genitive singular társ, plural tár)

  1. a tear

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tár tárið tár tárini
Accusative tár tárið tár tárini
Dative tári tárinum tárum tárunum
Genitive társ társins tára táranna

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtaːr]

Etymology 1

Probably from a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian tovar ‎(“cargo”), Polish towar ‎(“merchandise”), Russian товар ‎(továr, “merchandise”).

Noun

tár ‎(plural tárak)

  1. storehouse
  2. cabinet, collection (in museums)
  3. magazine (in guns)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tár tárak
accusative tárat tárakat
dative tárnak táraknak
instrumental tárral tárakkal
causal-final tárért tárakért
translative tárrá tárakká
terminative tárig tárakig
essive-formal tárként tárakként
essive-modal — —
inessive tárban tárakban
superessive táron tárakon
adessive tárnál táraknál
illative tárba tárakba
sublative tárra tárakra
allative tárhoz tárakhoz
elative tárból tárakból
delative tárról tárakról
ablative tártól táraktól
Possessive forms of tár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. táram táraim
2nd person sing. tárad táraid
3rd person sing. tára tárai
1st person plural tárunk táraink
2nd person plural táratok táraitok
3rd person plural táruk táraik
Derived terms

(Compound words):

Etymology 2

Probably an onomatopoeia.

Verb

tár

  1. (transitive) to open wide
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tár, from Proto-Germanic *tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru- ‎(“tear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰauːr/
  • Rhymes: -auːr

Noun

tár n ‎(genitive singular társ, nominative plural tár)

  1. a tear
  2. a small amount of a drink such as coffee or liquor; drop

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru- ‎(“tear”).

Noun

tár n (genitive társ, plural tár)

  1. tear

Declension

Descendants

Etymology

From Old Norse tár, from Proto-Germanic *tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru- ‎(“tear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʰɔaːɹ]

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