English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English tarien, taryen (to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay), from Old English tirġan, terġan, tirian (to worry, exasperate).

Verb

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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.
    • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], lines 114-116:
      Nay, it perchance will sparkle in your eyes, / And like a dog that is compelled to fight, / Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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tarre

  1. Obsolete form of tar.
    • 1659, Richard Brome, The Queen and Concubine:
      [] 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.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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tarre

  1. Alternative form of ter