Tarred
[tɑːd] or [tɑr]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tar
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Examples
- 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.
- When steam power took the place of wind power in ships the use of tarred rigging naturally declined, yet tarred goods still form an important branch of the rope business. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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