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Tar
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A named double-bowl Persian lute of later Iranian practice. Not a sitar, not an oud, and not a pipa.
Also known as Persian tar
Roman religion
Tar appears in Roman religion.
Pliny’s Natural History treats tar among black wood- and pitch-neighbor sealants of Roman craft speech. A named tar in that encyclopedia, not pitch as the lemma already walked here and not a modern road-tar dump.
from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE
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Tar is historically related to Wine.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, tar boiled in red wine with pomegranate rinds and myrtles stays the flux of the belly — tar is boiled in that wine.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Tablets Glue is historically related to Tar.
In Dawidowsky's Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorous, Cements, Pastes…, Tablets Glue is treated with Tar; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from F. Dawidowsky (tr. PD) · Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorous, Cements, Pastes and Mucilages, PD Gutenberg #53363
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Striping Pencil is historically related to Tar.
In Hillick's Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting, Striping Pencil is treated with Tar; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from M. C. Hillick · Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting, PD Gutenberg #48173
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Layette is historically related to Tar.
In Baker's A Dictionary of Men's Wear, Layette sits with Tar in seal speech — named together on the working page.
from William Henry Baker · A Dictionary of Men's Wear, 1908 (Gutenberg #76299; PD in the USA)
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Preparing Solder is historically related to Tar.
In Gee's The Silversmith's Handbook, Preparing Solder sits with Tar in seal speech — named together on the working page.
from George E. Gee · The Silversmith's Handbook, PD Gutenberg #47816
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Morchal is historically related to Tar.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Morchal sits with Tar in seal speech — named together on the working page.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Slow match is historically related to Tar.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Slow match is placed beside Tar as concrete shop companions.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Chador is historically related to Tar.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Chador is treated with Tar; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Watch Balance Staff is historically related to Tar.
In Hasluck's Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics, Watch Balance Staff is placed beside Tar as concrete shop companions.
from Paul N. Hasluck (ed.) · Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics, 1903 (Internet Archive cu31924021892447)
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Precipitate Pure is historically related to Tar.
In Bersch's The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments, Precipitate Pure sits with Tar in seal speech — named together on the working page.
from Josef Bersch (tr. PD) · The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments, PD Gutenberg #72143
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Perch Bar is historically related to Tar.
In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Perch Bar sits with Tar in seal speech — named together on the working page.
from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)
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Rubbing Crosswise is historically related to Tar.
In The Hardwood Finisher, Rubbing Crosswise and Tar are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
from PD Gutenberg ed. · The Hardwood Finisher, PD Gutenberg #76021
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Jacks is historically related to Tar.
In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Jacks sits with Tar in seal speech — named together on the working page.
from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)
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Pitch is historically related to Tar.
In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, purified tar is further rectified to divest it of mineral pitch or asphaltum combined with the oil and spirit — pitch is separated from that tar.
from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)
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Castor is historically related to Tar.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, for the same obstinate complaint castor oil is mixed with soft oily clysters or given by the mouth, and Barbados tar is likewise taken in measured doses when the stomach will bear it.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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European folklore
Coal tar is historically related to Tar.
Ure’s Dictionary seats boiled coal-tar among bituminous binders used with powdered limestone or chalk in asphaltic cement manufacture. A named coal-tar in that gasworks-tar speech, not coal-gas, not fire-damp, and not coal-dust.
from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)
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sources
- Natural History · Pliny the Elder
Pliny, Naturalis Historia.
- The English Physician · Nicholas Culpeper
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician (Complete Herbal).
- Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines · Andrew Ure
Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
- Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorous, Cements, Pastes and Mucilages · F. Dawidowsky (tr. PD)
Dawidowsky, Glue, Gelatine… Cements, Pastes and Mucilages (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting · M. C. Hillick
M. C. Hillick, Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- A Dictionary of Men's Wear · William Henry Baker
William Henry Baker, A Dictionary of Men's Wear (1908).
- The Potter's Craft: A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop · Charles Fergus Binns
Binns, The Potter's Craft (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- The Silversmith's Handbook · George E. Gee
George E. Gee, The Silversmith's Handbook (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Hobson-Jobson · Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke)
Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson (new ed. William Crooke, 1903).
- Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics · Paul N. Hasluck (ed.)
Paul N. Hasluck (ed.), Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics (1903).
- The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments · Josef Bersch (tr. PD)
Josef Bersch, The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- The Watchmakers' Hand Book · Claudius Saunier (tr./ed. PD)
Claudius Saunier, The Watchmakers' Hand Book (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Vegetable Dyes · Ethel M. Mairet
Ethel M. Mairet, Vegetable Dyes (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts · Arnold James Cooley
Arnold James Cooley, Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts (6th ed.).
- The Hardwood Finisher · PD Gutenberg ed.
The Hardwood Finisher (PD Gutenberg #76021).
- The Turner's Companion · Anonymous
The Turner's Companion (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Handbook on Japanning · William Norman Brown
William Norman Brown, Handbook on Japanning (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Domestic Medicine · William Buchan
William Buchan, Domestic Medicine (12th ed., 1791).