a. rare. [f. TARE sb.1 + -ISH1.] Having the nature or character of tares (in allusion to the parable of the tares: see TARE sb.1 3).
1601. Bp. W. Barlow, Defence, Pref. 6. Pregnant natures, are like lustie groundes,… neglected and vntilled, [prove] tarish and weedy.
1610. J. Robinson, Justif. Separat., iii. § 6, Wks. 1851, II. 125. A singular spirit of … discerning, by which they do discover … this tarish disposition under the veil of holiness.
