Syn. — Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow.
Tar"dy, v. t. To make tardy. [Obs.] Shak.
Tare (?), obs. imp. of Tear. Tore.
Tare, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild
vetch.] 1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; — alleged by
modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.
Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it
tares?
Matt. xiii. 27.
The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only
deleterious species belonging to the whole order.
Baird.
2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the
genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
Tare, n. [F. tare; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr. Ar. tarah
thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject, remove.] (Com.) Deficientcy
in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask,
bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence,
the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the
seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag,
etc.
Tare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Taring.] To
ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
Tared (?), a. (Chem.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard
weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.
Ta*ren"te (?), n. [Cf. F. tarente.] (Zoöl.) A harmless lizard of the
Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and
adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.
Tar"ent*ism (?), n. See Tarantism.
Ta*ren"tu*la (?), n. See Tarantula.
Targe (?), n. [F. Cf. Target.] A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] "A
buckler on a targe." Chaucer.
Tar"get (?), n. [OF. targette, dim. of OF. & F. targe, of Teutonic
origin; cf. AS. targe, OD. targie, G. zarge a frame, case, border, OHG.
zarga, Icel. targa shield.] 1. A kind of small shield or buckler, used
as a defensive weapon in war.
2. (a) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the
accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. (b) The pattern or
arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark;
as, he made a good target.