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Definition of tarras

Tarras
Tarras Tar"ras, n. See Trass. [Obs.]
tarras
Trass Trass, n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It. terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.] (Geol.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.] Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.

Meaning of tarras from wikipedia

- Tarras is a small farming settlement in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. Tarras is located on the slopes above the upper reaches of...
- Tarras may refer to: Tarras, New Zealand Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg (born 1950) Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras (1644-1693), nobleman Dave Tarras (1895-1989)...
- Tarra White (born Martina Mrakviová, 19 November 1987) is a Czech **** actress. White was born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. At the age of five...
- 1970s and 80s, Tarras mentored many young musicians who went on to become famous, including clarinetist and mandolinist Andy Statman. Tarras was a recipient...
- problematicus after the Tarras Water. The name has subsequently been applied to the genus Tarrasiidae and the order Tarrasiiformes. The name Tarras is of Brittonic...
- an ancient city in Sardinia Tarras, New Zealand This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Tarra. If an internal link led you...
- po****rized the genre in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s were Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein; they were followed by American-born musicians such...
- Tarra Denelle Simmons (born 1977) is an American politician, lawyer, formerly incarcerated legislator, and civil rights activist for criminal justice...
- Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Tarras (23 December 1644 – 9 April 1693) was a Scottish nobleman. Born Walter Scott of Highchester, he married his kinswoman...
- and recording artist active from the 1910s to the 1940s. Along with Dave Tarras, he is considered to be among the top klezmer musicians of the twentieth...