Tar

n. [A-S. teru, teoru, tero, teor, O. Fries. ther, L. Ger. tär, D. teer, O. D. tarre, terre, Icel. tiara, Sw. tjāra, Dan. tiäre, H. Ger. theer.]

1. A thick, impure, resinous substance, of a dark brown or black color, obtained from pine and fir-trees, by burning the wood with a close, smothering heat.
2. A sailor;—so called from his tarred clothes.

Mineral tar, a kind of soft, native bitumen.