Alternative spelling of coal tar

(botany, medicine) A liquid used topically in the treatment of skin diseases and obtained by distillation from the wood of trees of the species Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

plural of juniper tar

(transitive, slang, dated) To punish; to pay back or take revenge on.

(US slang) Synonym of North Carolinian. / (US slang) A person associated with or supportive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A small town in Bladen County, North Carolina. / An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.

A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicated soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of very many products.

A dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood. / (baseball) This or a similar material used by batters to improve their grip.

Oil sand.

(chiefly US) A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a "sticky" situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.