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Tar
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A sailor; a seaman.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tar'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tar.html. 1828.