Tar
[tɑː] or [tɑr]
Definition
(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.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sailor, seaman, mariner, seafarer, seafaring man.
Typist: Rebecca
Definition
liquid resinous substance of a dark colour obtained from pine-trees: a sailor so called from his tarred clothes.—v.t. to smear with tar:—pr.p. tar′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. tarred.—ns. Tar′heel a North Carolinian; Tar′hood sailors collectively.—Tar and feather to smear with tar and then cover with feathers.—Be tarred with the same brush or stick to have the same faults as another; Have a touch of the tar-brush to have an infusion of negro blood in the veins.
incite to fight.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Unserious Contents or Definition
If you see tar in dreams, it warns you against pitfalls and designs of treacherous enemies. To have tar on your hands or clothing, denotes sickness and grief.
Inputed by Juana
Examples
- Tar makers at home. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The rails were insulated from the ties by giving them two coats of japan, baking them in the oven, and then placing them on pads of tar-impregnated muslin laid on the ties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Attempts to insulate the line wire were limited to coating it with tar or smearing it with wax for the benefit of all the bees in the neighborhood. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The most abundant matter that passes over with it is tar. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Mix, and add one-half its volume of pure coal-tar and boil to a fluid mass. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pine tar is the kind best suited for cordage, the yellow, longleaf, or Georgia pine holding the first rank in the United States for tar making. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Who does not know of the tarred rigging that once meant so much to the rope maker? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And, unlike these, it does not need to be tarred for preservation, as it is not injured by the salt water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are both tarred with a dirty brush, and I can't have the Fellowships tarred with the same brush. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They are tarred and feathered and spat upon. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This fine copper cord is covered carefully with gutta percha; it is then coated with tarred hemp, and is protected externally by an iron wire rope, composed of numerous strands of fine wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Think you, Tars Tarkas, that John Carter will fly at the first shriek of a cowardly foe who dare not come out into the open and face a good blade? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Sarkoja was at this time Tars Tarkas' oldest and most trusted female. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Tars Tarkas advanced toward me, holding out one of his arms, and we thus proceeded to the plaza without further mishap. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Tars Tarkas made some reply which I could not catch, but which caused Lorquas Ptomel to smile; after which they paid no further attention to me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Then Tars Tarkas had been with me, but now I was utterly alone in so far as friendly companionship was concerned. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Tars Tarkas was in the lead, and suddenly I heard a little cry of exultation from him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Carthoris, Tars Tarkas, and Hor Vastus had gone directly to Thark upon another cruiser. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typed by Bernadine