ppl. a. Also 7 tard. [f. TAR v.1 + -ED1.] Smeared or covered with tar. (In quot. 1688, marked or formed with tar.)

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1615.  Markham, Eng. Housew., II. v. (1649), 167. With a pair of sheeres … she shall cut away all the course locks, pitch, brands, tar’d locks, and other feltrings.

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1688.  Lond. Gaz., No. 2377/4. A Tarr’d P. on her Rump.

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1776.  Trumbull, McFingal, 29.

        O’er Yankies thus the war begun,
They tarr’d and triumph’d over one.

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1828.  J. M. Spearman, Brit. Gunner (ed. 2), 147. Tarred cordage is chiefly useful for cables and ground tackle, which are constantly soaked in water.

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1887.  Pall Mall G., 29 Sept., 6/1. The erection and re-erection of tarred barricades.

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