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tar

1  [tahr] ,noun, verb, tarred, tar⋅ring, adjective
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–noun
1. any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
2. coal-tar pitch.
3. smoke solids or components: cigarette tar.
–verb (used with object)
4. to smear or cover with or as if with tar.
–adjective
5. of or characteristic of tar.
6. covered or smeared with tar; tarred.
—Idioms
7. beat, knock, or whale the tar out of, Informal. to beat mercilessly: The thief had knocked the tar out of the old man and left him for dead.
8. tar and feather,
a. to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment or humiliation.
b. to punish severely: She should be tarred and feathered for what she has done.
9. tarred with the same brush, possessing the same shortcomings or guilty of the same misdeeds: The whole family is tarred with the same brush.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME tarr(e), ter(re), OE teru; c. D, G teer, ON tjara; akin to tree; (v.) ME terren, OE tierwian, deriv. of the n.
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Word Origin & History

tar  (v.)
in tar and feather, 1769. A mob action in U.S. in Revolutionary times and several decades thereafter. Originally it had been imposed by an ordinance of Richard I (1189) as punishment in the navy for theft. Among other applications over the years was its use in 1623 by a bishop on "a party of incontinent friars and nuns" [OED], but not until 1769 was the verbal phrase attested.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tar
Pronunciation: 'tär
Function: noun
1 : any of various dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquids obtained bydestructive distillation of organic material (as wood, coal, or peat); especially : one used medicinally tar —The Medicine Show> —see JUNIPER TAR
2 : a substance in some respects resembling tar; especially : a condensable residue present in smoke from burning tobacco that contains combustion by-products (as resins, acids, phenols,and essential oils)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
tar   (tär)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.

  2. See coal tar.

  3. A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.


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