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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  tar
       
           ("Tape ARchive", following ar) Unix's
          general purpose archive utility and the file format it uses.
          Tar was originally intended for use with magnetic tape but,
          though it has several command line options related to tape,
          it is now used more often for packaging files together on
          other media, e.g. for distribution via the Internet.
       
          The resulting archive, a "tar file" (humourously, "tarball")
          is often compressed, using gzip or some other form of
          compression (see tar and feather).
       
          There is a GNU version of tar called gnutar with several
          improvements over the standard versions.
       
          Filename extension: .tar
       
          MIME type: unregistered, but commonly application/x-tar
       
          Unix manual page: tar(1).
       
          Compare shar, zip.
       
          (1998-05-02)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tar \Tar\, n. [Abbrev. from tarpaulin.]
     A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tar \Tar\, n. [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D.
     teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tj["a]ra, Dan.
     ti[ae]re, and to E. tree. [root]63. See Tree.]
     A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation
     of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition
     according to the temperature and material employed in
     obtaining it.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Mineral tar (Min.), a kind of soft native bitumen.
  
     Tar board, a strong quality of millboard made from junk and
        old tarred rope. --Knight.
  
     Tar water.
     (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine.
     (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works.
  
     Wood tar, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by
        the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir,
        and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes,
        oakum, etc., impervious to water.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tar \Tar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tarred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tarring.]
     To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar
     cloth.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To tar and feather a person. See under Feather, v. t.
        [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  TAR
       Tape ARchiver (Unix)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tar \Tar\, n. [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D.
     teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tj["a]ra, Dan.
     ti[ae]re, and to E. tree. [root]63. See Tree.]
     A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation
     of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition
     according to the temperature and material employed in
     obtaining it.
  
     Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Mineral tar (Min.), a kind of soft native bitumen.
  
     Tar board, a strong quality of millboard made from junk and
        old tarred rope. --Knight.
  
     Tar water.
     (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine.
     (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works.
  
     Wood tar, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by
        the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir,
        and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes,
        oakum, etc., impervious to water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tar \Tar\, n. [Abbrev. from tarpaulin.]
     A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tar \Tar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tarred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tarring.]
     To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar
     cloth.
  
     To tar and feather a person. See under Feather, v. t.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  tar
       n 1: any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a
            residue [syn: pitch]
       2: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, Jack-tar,
           Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]
       v : coat with tar; "tar the roof";  "tar the roads"
       [also: tarring, tarred]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tar
     Αγγλικά n.
     πίσσα