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Traditional English :: tare(1)
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taret.html - n.
1 vetch, esp. as corn-weed or fodder.
2 (in pl.) Bibl. an injurious corn-weed (Matt. 13:24-30). [ME: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: tare(2)
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taret.html - n. 1 an allowance made for the weight of the packing or wrapping around goods. 2 the weight of a motor vehicle without its fuel or load. tare and tret the arithmetical rule for computing a tare. [ME f. F, = deficiency, tare, f. med.L tara f. Arab. tarha what is rejected f. taraha reject] |
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English Idioms :: tar
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taret.html - See: BEAT THE --- OUT OF. |
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English Idioms :: tar and feather
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taret.html - {v.} To pour heated tar on and cover with feathers as a punishment. * /In the Old West bad men were sometimes tarred and feathered and driven out of town./ |
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New English :: tar
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taret.html - (Drugs) see black tar |
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Traditional English :: tar(1)
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taret.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a dark thick inflammable liquid distilled from wood or coal etc. and used as a preservative of wood and iron, in making roads, as an antiseptic, etc.
2 a similar substance formed in the combustion of tobacco etc. --v.tr. (tarred, tarring) cover with tar. tar and feather smear with tar and then cover with feathers as a punishment. tar-brush a brush for applying tar. tarred with the same brush having the same faults. [OE te(o)ru f. Gmc, rel. to TREE] |
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