To cover a person in sticky tar, then covered in feathers which stick to the tar. An archaic means of humiliating a person.

plural of tar sand

plural of coal-tar (alternative spelling of coal tars).

plural of coal tar

A fungal disease affecting various plants and causing dark spots on leaves.

tar produced by destructive distillation of wood

plural of wood tar

A substance (liquid when heated) derived from dry distillation of birch bark, and composed of phenols such as guaiacol, cresol, xylenol and creosol.

plural of Tar Heel

plural of Jack Tar