† ˈtarer Obs.
[f. tare n.2 + -er1.]
An assay-officer of the stannaries, who ascertained the amount of dross or foreign matter in the tin.
| 1625 Laws Stannaries ix. (1808) 20 If the tin be not found faulty to the value assessed by the tarer [etc.]. Ibid. x, If any man..hide worse matter than tin within his..blocks of tin, which the tarer by his outward essay with his chizel cannot come at. |