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Tarriness
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
| tar1 (tɑː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of various dark viscid substances obtained by the destructive distillation of organic matter such as coal, wood, or peat |
| 2. | another name for coal tar |
| —vb , tars, tarring, tarred | |
| 3. | to coat with tar |
| 4. | tar and feather to punish by smearing tar and feathers over (someone) |
| 5. | tarred with the same brush regarded as having the same faults |
| [Old English teoru; related to Old Frisian tera, Old Norse tjara, Middle Low German tere tar, Gothic triu tree] | |
| 'tarry1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'tarriness1 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
tarry
early 14c., "to delay, retard," of uncertain origin. Some suggest a connection to L. tardare "to delay," or O.E. tergan "to vex, irritate." Intransitive meaning "to linger" is attested from late 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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