tar
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tar \Tar\, n. [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D.
teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tj[aum]ra, Dan.
ti[ae]re, and to E. tree. [root]63. See {Tree}.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
{Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Mineral tar} (Min.), a kind of soft native bitumen.
{Tar board}, a strong quality of millboard made from junk and
old tarred rope. --Knight.
{Tar water}.
(a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine.
(b) The ammoniacal water of gas works.
{Wood tar}, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by
the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir,
and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes,
oakum, etc., impervious to water.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
177 Moby Thesaurus words for "tar":
AB, Amytal, Amytal pill, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Demerol,
Dolophine, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M,
Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Neptune, OD, Poseidon,
Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, Varuna, able seaman,
able-bodied seaman, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic,
anodyne, asphalt, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, bedaub,
besmear, besmirch, black stuff, blacktop, blue, blue angel,
blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, bluejacket, buccaneer,
butter, calmative, carpet, causeway, cement, charcoal,
chloral hydrate, coal, coat, cobblestone, codeine,
codeine cough syrup, concrete, crow, dab, daub, deep-sea man,
defile, depressant, depressor, discolor, dolly, downer, ebon,
ebony, enamel, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, flag, floor, gild,
gloss, goofball, hard stuff, hearty, heroin, hop, horse, hypnotic,
ink, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jet, junk, knockout drops,
lacquer, laudanum, lay on, limey, liquor, lobsterman, lotus,
mariner, matelot, meperidine, metal, methadone, morphia, morphine,
narcotic, navigator, night, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer,
paregoric, pave, pebble, pen yan, phenobarbital,
phenobarbital sodium, pirate, pitch, prime, privateer,
purple heart, quietener, rainbow, raven, red, sailor, salt, scag,
sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman,
secobarbital sodium, sedative, shipman, shit, slap on, slather,
sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sloe,
smack, smear, smear on, smoke, smut, sodium thiopental, soil,
somnifacient, soot, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, spread on,
spread with, stain, sully, tarnish, tarpaulin, tranquilizer, turps,
undercoat, viking, water dog, whaler, white stuff, windjammer,
windsailor, yellow, yellow jacket
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