tarre

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑɹ/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English tarien, taryen (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English tirgan, tergan, tirian (“to worry, exasperate”).

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.

Related terms

• tarry

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.

Anagrams

• Arter, Terra, arter, rater, retar, terra

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Middle English

Noun

tarre

1. Alternative form of ter