English English Dictionary

To make tardy.

Tore.

A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.

A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.

Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.

To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

of Tear

of Tare

Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.

A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.

See Tarantism.

See Tarantula.

A shield or target.

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.

One who is armed with a target or shield.