tar

A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.

A solid residue of tobacco smoke containing byproducts of combustion.

To coat with or as if with tar.

(tar and feather) To punish (a person) by covering with tar and feathers.

(tar and feather) To criticize severely and devastatingly; excoriate.

(tarred with the same brush) Considered or described as having the same faults or bad qualities.

A sailor.

A small silver coin formerly current on the Malabar coast, especially at Tellicherri and Calicut. Sixteen tars of Calicut equal one fanam; one tar of Tellicherri is equivalent to four reas, and one hundred tars equal one rupee.

To incite; provoke; hound.