Tare

[Cf. Prov. Eng. tare, brisk, eager, O. Eng. tarefitch, the wild vetch.]

1Sense 1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain;—alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel. Locke.

Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. Matt. xiii. 36.

The “darnel” is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. Baird.

2Sense 2. (Bot.) (a.) A plant of several species of the genus Ervum, as E. tetraspermum, and E. hirsutum, both of which are troublesome weeds. (b.) A plant of the vetch kind (Vicia sativa), which is cultivated in England for fodder; vetch.

[Fr. tare, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara, from Ar. tarah, thrown away, removed, from taraha, to reject, remove.] (Com.) Deficiency in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or other thing containing the commodity, and which is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity from the weight or quantity of a commodity sold in a cask, chest, bag, or the like, which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, chest, or bag.

[imp. & p. p. TARED; p. pr. & vb. n. TARING.] To ascertain or mark the amount of tare of.

of tear, for tore. [Obs.] See TEAR.