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• n  any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• n  a man who serves as a sailor
• v  coat with tar
  tar the roof
  tar the roads

• A gob of road tar is a morsel which children like to chew.
• LOW-TAR CIGARETTES If you can't kick the habit, you can at least minimize the damage by switching to an ultralight, low-tar brand, right? Sorry.
• Tar Creek is a case in point.

• pitch
• mariner
• seaman
• Jack-tar
• Jack
• old salt
• seafarer
• gob
• sea dog

News & Articles

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• Top-seeded Tar Heels oust Tigers
  Top-seeded Tar Heels oust Tigers Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:34 am, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Holberton staked freshman starter Trent Thornton to a two-run lead before he even took the mound Tuesday, and No. 1 national seed Carolina went on to beat LSU 4-2 in an ...
  June 19, 2013 - Albany Times Union
• Iranian Tar virtuoso Jalil Shahnaz dies at 92
  Iranian tar virtuoso Jalil Shahnaz died of natural causes in Tehran's Arad Hospital. He was aged 92. Shahnaz was born in Isfahan in 1921. His father, Shabankhan, was a music enthusiast, and their house was a gathering place for musicians.
  June 18, 2013 - Payvand Iran News
• Tar balls still tarnish Gulf Coast beaches
  Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn't difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn't common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississipp
  June 17, 2013 - Montgomery Advertiser