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Tarre

Tarre

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
tarien
,
terien
, to irritate, provoke, AS.
tergan
to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E.
tear
, v. t. √63. Cf.
Tarry
,
Verb.
]
To set on, as a dog; to incite.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Definition 2024


tarre

tarre

English

Verb

tarre (third-person singular simple present tarres, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (obsolete) To incite; to provoke; to spur on.
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Etymology 2

Noun

tarre

  1. Obsolete form of tar.
    • 1659, Richard Brome
      [] she takes not so much for curing a thousand mortal People, as I have spent in Turpentine and Tarre to keep my Flocklings cleanly in a Spring time.

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