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Tar water
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.

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- Tar-water was a medieval medicine consisting of pine tar and water. As it was foul-tasting, it slowly dropped in po****rity, but was revived in the Victorian...
- asphalt, are colloquially referred to as "tar sands". Since prehistoric times wood tar has been used as a water repellent coating for boats, ships, sails...
- type" materials—such as lignite-tar creosote, oil-tar creosote, peat-tar creosote, water-gas-tar creosote, or wood-tar creosote. The AWPA Standard P3 does...
- Black tar heroin, also known as black dragon, is a form of heroin that is sticky like tar or hard like coal. Its dark color is the result of crude processing...
- La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Han**** Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt...
- The Tar-Baby is the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881; it is about a doll made of tar and turpentine used by the villainous Br'er Fox...
- Tar pits, sometimes referred to as asphalt pits, are large asphalt deposits. They form in the presence of petroleum, which is created when deca**** organic...
- Tar paper is a heavy-duty paper used in construction. Tar paper is made by impregnating paper with tar, producing a waterproof material useful for roof...
- contaminated with tar, ammonia and/or drip oils, as well as outright waste tars and tar-water emulsions. In the earliest days of MGP operations, coal tar was considered...
- Tar-water (1752). Pine tar is an effective antiseptic and disinfectant when applied to cuts on the skin, but Berkeley argued for the use of pine tar as...