TARE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English; probably akin to Middle Dutch tarwe wheat Date: 14th century 1. the seed of a vetch, any of several vetches (especially Vicia sativa and V. hirsuta ), a weed of grain fields especially of Biblical times that is usually held to be the darnel, an undesirable element, II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Italian tara, from Arabic ṭarḥa, literally, that which is removed Date: 15th century a deduction from the gross weight of a substance and its container made in allowance for the weight of the container, counterweight , III. transitive verb (~d; taring) Date: 1812 to ascertain or mark the ~ of