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Traditional English :: tarn
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tarnslator.html - n.
a small mountain lake. [ME terne, tarne f. ON] |
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Traditional English :: tarnish
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tarnslator.html - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. lessen or destroy the lustre of (metal etc.).
2 tr. impair (one's reputation etc.).
3 intr. (of metal etc.) lose lustre. --n. 1 a a loss of lustre. b a film of colour formed on an exposed surface of a mineral or metal.
2 a blemish; a stain. tarnishable adj. [F ternir f. terne dark] |
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English Idioms :: tar
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tarnslator.html - See: BEAT THE --- OUT OF. |
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English Idioms :: tar and feather
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tarnslator.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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tarnslator.html - (Drugs) see black tar |
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Traditional English :: tar(1)
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tarnslator.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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