tar
$ \mathrm{tar}^1 |tär|
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noun
a dark, thick, flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in roadmaking and for coating and preserving timber.
タール(coal tar)〘道路舗装などに使う〙
a resinous substance formed by burning tobacco or other material:
(タバコの)タール, やに
e.g. in combination : high-tar cigarettes.
verb (tars, tarring, tarred) with object (usually as adjective tarred)
cover (something) with tar:
〈道路･屋根など〉にタールを塗る
e.g. a newly tarred road.
PHRASES
beat (or whale) the tar out of
North American informal beat or thrash severely.
tar and feather
smear with tar and then cover with feathers as a punishment.
tar people with the same brush
consider specified people to have the same faults.
ORIGIN
Old English teru, teoru, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teer, German Teer, and perhaps ultimately to tree.
$ \mathrm{tar}^2 |tär|
noun informal, dated
a sailor.
ORIGIN
mid 17th century: perhaps an abbreviation of tarpaulin, also used as a nickname for a sailor at this time.