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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr tartari, Sp., Pg., & It tartaro, LL tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic origin.] 1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also {argol}, {wine stone}, etc 2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime. {Cream of tartar}. (Chem.) See under {Cream}. {Tartar emetic} (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Argol \Ar"gol\, n. [Cf. {Argal}, {Orgal}. Of unknown origin.] Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks. --Ure.
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