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ˈtar-ˌwater
[f. tar n.1 + water n.]
1. An infusion of tar in cold water, formerly in repute as a medicine.
1740–1Berkeley Let. T. Prior 8 Feb., I believe tar-water might be useful to prevent..such an evil [a felon]. 1744― (title) Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tar-Water [ed. 2 Siris, a Chain of Philosophical [etc.]]. 1744Gray Let. to Wharton 26 Apr., Mr. Trollope and I are in a course of Tar-Water. 1756H. Walpole Let. to Mann 8 Dec., He [Sir H. Mann's brother] has been drinking tar-water since the middle of November. 1840E. FitzGerald Letters (1889) I. 60, I have also just concocted two gallons of Tar water under the directions of Bishop Berkeley. 1891W. C. Sydney Eng. in 18th C. I. 311 No remedy was more popular during the second half of the eighteenth century than tar-water.
2. ‘The ammoniacal water of gas-works’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade, 1858). |