tar

[Tar]

Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

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A sailor; a seaman.

Noun
a man who serves as a sailor

Noun
any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Verb
coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"


n.
A sailor; a seaman.

n.
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.

v. t.
To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.


Tar

Tar , n. [Abbrev. from tarpaulin.] A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] Swift.

Tar

Tar, n. [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D. teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tj'84ra, Dan. ti'91re, and to E. tree. 'fb63. 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 , 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

Tar, v. 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, v. t.

A sailor; a seaman.

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.

To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

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Usage Examples

Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

Misspelled Form

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