GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Tar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tarring.] To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, “to tar ropes; to tar cloth.”
   
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   To tar and feather a person. See under Feather, v. t.
   
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