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noun

Tare n.

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?" "The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order."

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

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Etymology of 'Tare'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tare" Quotes from Famous Books

... for the weighing he brings his steelyards and sheets; the wool is trod into the sheets, sewn up, and each sheet weighed separately, an allowance being made for "tare" (the weight of the sheet), and for "draught" (1/2 a pound in each tod, or 28 pounds). This last is a survival of the old method of weighing wool, when only enough fleeces were weighed at a time on the farmer's ...

— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory

Words linked to "Tare" : bearded darnel, cheat, vetch, Lolium temulentum, adjustment, counterbalance, genus Vicia, Vicia, equaliser, qualitative analysis, ryegrass, darnel, hairy tare, rye grass