† tarern.
Obsolete.
An assay-officer of the stannaries, who ascertained the amount of dross or foreign matter in the tin.
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1625 Laws Stannaries (1808) ix. 20 If the tin be not found faulty to the value assessed by the tarer [etc.].
1625 Laws Stannaries 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.
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