Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Tar
tar, n. [OE teru.]
Pitch; black pine resin; resinous substance that comes from the burning of fir trees; thick impervious fire-proof liquid used for coating the ropes and sails of a ship; [word play] sailor; [metonymy] tarpaulin; canvas; water-proofed clothes of a seafarer; [metaphor] pall; funeral shroud.
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