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Webster 1913 Edition
Tare
Tare
,Noun.
[Cf. Prov. E.
tare
brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch
the wild vetch.] 1.
A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; – alleged by modern naturalists to be the
Lolium temulentum
, or darnel. Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it
tares
? Matt. xiii. 27.
The “darnel” is said to be the
tares
of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. Baird.
2.
(Bot.)
A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus
Vicia
; especially, the Vicia sativa
, sometimes grown for fodder. Tare
,Noun.
[F.
tare
; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara
; all fr. Ar. tarah
thrown away, removed, fr. taraha
to reject, remove.] (Com.)
Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.
Tare
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tared
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Taring
.] To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
Webster 1828 Edition
Tare
TARE
,Noun.
1.
A weed that grows among corn. Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matt.13.
2.
In agriculture, a plant of the vetch kind, of which there are two sorts, the purple flowered spring or summer tare, and the purple-flowered wild or winter tare. It is much cultivated in England for fodder.TARE
, n.1.
In commerce, deficiency in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag or other thing containing the commodity, and which is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity from the weight or quantity of a commodity sold in a cask, chest, bag or the like, which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, chest or bag; or the abatement may be on the price of the commodity sold. When the tare is deducted, the remainder is called the net or neat weight.TARE
,Verb.
T.