taprivet (taprivet)

A tap-bolt or tapscrew. [Eng.] tap-rivet (tap'riv"et), v. t. [ tap-room (tap'röm), n. [ IMG:content-2862.png:[blocks in formation] + E.nut.] Same as ivory - nut. tarl (tär), n. [ erals, as wood, coal, peat, shale, etc. Wood-tar, such as the Archangel, Stockholm, and American tars of commerce, is generally prepared by a very rude proce , A conical cavity is dug in the side of a bank or a steep hill, and a cast-iron pan is placed at the bottom, from which leads a spout into a barrel for collecting the tar. Billets of wood (such as pine or fir) are thrown into this cavity, and, being covered with turf, are slowly burned without flame. The wood chiefly used in Europe is that of the Scotch pine, Pinus sylvestris, and the Siberian larch, Larix Sibirica ; in the United States, that of the long leaved pine, Pinus palustris. Most of the tar produced in the United States is made in North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. In England wood-tar is chiefly obtained for the manufacture of wood-vinegar (pyroligneous acid) a by-product in the destructive distillation of and wood-spirit (methyl alcohol). It has an acid reac tion, and contains various liquid matters, of which the principal are methyl-acetate, acetone, hydrocarbons of the benzene series, and a number of oxidized compounds, as carbolic acid. Paraffin, anthracene, naphthalene, chrysene, etc., are found among its solid products. It pos se es valuable antiseptic properties, owing to the creosote it contains, and is used extensively for coating and preserving timber and iron in exposed situations, and for impregnating ships' ropes and cordage. Coal-tar is extensively obtained in the proce of gas-manufacture. It is a very valuable substance, the compounds obtained from it forming the basis of many chemical manufactures. See coal - tar. ing pitch powred vpon his head, and feathers or downe strawed vpon the same, whereby he may be knowen, and so at the first landing place they shall come to, there to be cast vp." ( Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 21 (tr. of original statute, which see in Rymer's "Fœder a" [ed. 1727], Ι. 65).) Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marble head! Whittier, Skipper Ireson's Ride. tar2+ (tär), v. t. [Early mod. E. also tarr, tarre; IMG:content-2863.png:[blocks in formation] taralt, interj. [A made word, burlesquing tivy as used by D'Avenant: see tivy. Cf. tantivy, tantara.] A mere exclamation. 1 King . Tara, tara , tara , full East and by South. 2 King . We sail with Thunder in our mouth, In scorching noon-day, whil'st the traveller stayes, Busie, busie, busie, we bustle along. Bucking ham, Rehearsal, v.