Tar

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A sailor; a seaman.

II. Tar ·vt To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

III. Tar ·noun A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, ·etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

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