Defn: The siskin. [Prov.]
TARING
Tar"ing, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common tern; — called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov.
Eng.]
TARLATAN
Tar"la*tan, n.
Defn: A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
TARN
Tarn, n. Etym: [OE. terne, Icel. tjörn.]
Defn: A mountain lake or pool.
A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below. Wordsworth.
TARNISH Tar"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tarnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarnishing.] Etym: [F. ternir, fr. OHG. tarnen to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to OS. dernian to hide, AS. dernan, dyrnan, OHG. tarni hidden, OS. derni, AS. derne, dyrne. Cf. Dern, a., and see -ish.]
Defn: To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color. "Tarnished lace." Fuller. Used also figuratively; as, to tarnish one's honor.
Syn.
— To sully; stain; dim.