transitive verb.
To smear with tar, or as with tar
transitive verb.
See under Feather, v. t.
noun.
A sailor; a seaman.
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.
noun.
See in the Vocabulary.
noun.
a kind of soft native bitumen.
noun.
a strong quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope.
noun.
The ammoniacal water of gas works.
noun.
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.