tar-beern. a mixture of tar and beer, used medicinally (cf. tar-watern. 1).
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1857 R. DunglisonMed. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 719/1 It [sc. tar water]..is employed chiefly in pulmonary affections... A wine or beer of tar, Tarbeer, Jews' beer, has been employed in Philadelphia in similar cases.