http://www.word-detective.com/2009/06/tare/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/06/tare/comment-page-1/#comment-18976 John Tue, 31 May 2011 14:45:18 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=849#comment-18976 With the cultivation of wheat came the incidental cultivation of Rye, darnell, or Tare. Rye is virtually indistinguishable from wheat except that the grain is much much smaller and far more susceptible to a specific hallugenic and potentially toxic fungus. Hence the seed head is often referred to a empty but in truth the Rye grain is separated from that of the wheat by chafing (tossing into the wind for the light Rye grain to b thrown away) and by sieves. Hence Tare of at least biblical times and probably earlier meant, empty ones, to be separated and defective. There's a specific parable which uses tare being seeded amongst a field of wheat as an analogy. I suspect that both the use of tare to reference certain seeds and for trade in the sense of rejection/spoiled and waster comes from this problem of Rye with the cultivation of wheat so in essence the two tares are one. With the cultivation of wheat came the incidental cultivation of Rye, darnell, or Tare. Rye is virtually indistinguishable from wheat except that the grain is much much smaller and far more susceptible to a specific hallugenic and potentially toxic fungus. Hence the seed head is often referred to a empty but in truth the Rye grain is separated from that of the wheat by chafing (tossing into the wind for the light Rye grain to b thrown away) and by sieves. Hence Tare of at least biblical times and probably earlier meant, empty ones, to be separated and defective. There’s a specific parable which uses tare being seeded amongst a field of wheat as an analogy. I suspect that both the use of tare to reference certain seeds and for trade in the sense of rejection/spoiled and waster comes from this problem of Rye with the cultivation of wheat so in essence the two tares are one.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2009/06/tare/comment-page-1/#comment-2236 Marc Naimark Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:20:41 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=849#comment-2236 "Tare" today has both meanings: the weight of the container, which is deducted from the reading on the scale, and a defect. What gives? “Tare” today has both meanings: the weight of the container, which is deducted from the reading on the scale, and a defect. What gives?

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