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tartar

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tartar  \Tar"tar\,  n. 
  1.  [Per.  T[=a]t[=a]r,  of  Tartar  origin.]  A  native  or 
  inhabitant  of  Tartary  in  Asia;  a  member  of  any  one  of 
  numerous  tribes,  chiefly  Moslem,  of  Turkish  origin, 
  inhabiting  the  Russian  Europe;  --  written  also  more 
  correctly  but  less  usually,  {Tatar}. 
 
  2.  A  person  of  a  keen,  irritable  temper. 
 
  {To  catch  a  tartar},  to  lay  hold  of  or  encounter,  a  person 
  who  proves  too  strong  for  the  assailant.  [Colloq.] 
 
  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]: 
 
  Tartar  \Tar"tar\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Tartary  in  Asia,  or  the  Tartars. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tartar  \Tar"tar\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  tartare.] 
  See  {Tartarus}.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tartar 
  n  1:  a  salt  used  especially  in  baking  powder  [syn:  {cream  of 
  tartar},  {potassium  hydrogen  tartrate}] 
  2:  a  fiercely  vigilant  and  unpleasant  woman  [syn:  {dragon}] 
  3:  a  member  of  the  Mongolian  people  of  central  Asia  who  invaded 
  Russia  in  the  13th  century  [syn:  {Tatar},  {Tartar},  {Mongol 
  Tatar}] 
  4:  an  incrustation  that  forms  on  the  teeth  and  gums  [syn:  {calculus}]




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