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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Tore.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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