n. A small silver coin formerly current on the Malabar coast, especially at Tellicherri and Calicut. Sixteen tars of Calicut equal one fanam; one tar of Tellicherri is equivalent to four reas, and one hundred tars equal one rupee.n. A thick dark-colored viscid product obtained by the destructive distillation of organic substances and bituminous minerals, as wood, coal, peat, shale, etc.To smear with tar; figuratively, to cover as with tar.To incite; provoke; hound.n. A sailor: so called from his tarred clothes, hands, etc. Also Jack Tar.