tare2 (tar)

[Early mod. E. also taare; or darnel. Also called tarvetch. Of al hir art ne counte I noght a tare . Chaucer , Reeve's Tale, 1. 136. His enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat. Mat. xiii. 25. Hairy tare, Vicia hirsuta, a good species for forage. Smooth tare, Vicia tetra sperm a, a forage vetch recommended for sandy ground. tares (tar). An obsolete or archaic preterit of tear1. vay,