Tar

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TAR, sb.1 Var. dial. and colloq. uses in Sc. and Eng.
[tar, tā(r).] 1. In comp. (1) Tar-bant, a thick tarred
string, used for tying sacks, &c., sometimes used for
thatching; (2) Tar-bottle, a ‘hanger’ in copy-book writing;
(3) Tar-buist, the box containing tar for marking sheep; (4)
Tar-cord, (5) Tar-mar-band, (6) Tar-marl or Tar-marline, see (1); (7)
Tar-pitched, covered with tar; (8) Tar-rope, rope-yarn; the
thread of old cables, &c.
(1) Chs.1 (2) Rut.1 (s.v. Ship-hooks). (3) Twd., Rxb. (Jam.)
(4) War. (J.R.W.) (5) e.Lin. (G.G.W.) (6) Lin.1, n.Lin.1,
ne.Lin. (E.S.), se.Lin. (J.T.B.), sw.Lin.1, e.An.1 (7) Dev. A grey
stone house wi' the granite white-washed awver an' the slate roof
tar-pitched, Phillpotts Striking Hours (1901) 87. (8) e.Nrf.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787).
2. Phr. (1) to be tarred with the same stick, to share undesirable
qualities; in gen. colloq. use; (2) to tar the fingers
to do a thing, to meet with difficulty in accomplishing it;
to be unwilling to do it.
(1) Sc. I doubtna it has been Rashleigh himsell, or some other
o' your cousins ─ they are a' tarr'd wi' the same stick ─ rank
jacobites and papists, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxvi; The allusion is
to the bit of wood used as a brush for putting the tar-mark on
sheep (Jam.). Abd. Mony o' them tarr't wi' the same stick,
Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) vii. Lth. I'm afraid that I am
‘tarred with the same stick,’ for I am fond of horses, Strathesk
More Bits (ed. 1885) 170. (2) Bnff.1 w.Sc. Generally said
regarding wet, dirty work (Jam.).

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