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Tartar

Tartar n. 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.
Tartar n. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
Tartar n. 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.
Tartar n. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
Tartar a. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartar n. See Tartarus.
Tartarated a. Tartrated.
Tartarean a. Alt. of Tartareous
Tartareous a. Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
Tartareous a. Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
Tartareous a. Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens are tartareous.
Tartarian a. Alt. of Tartaric
Tartarian n. The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.
Tartaric a. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartaric a. Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.
Tartarine n. Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
Tartarize v. t. To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
Tartarize v. t. To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.
Tartarized imp. & p. p. of Tartarize
Tartarizing p. pr. & vb. n. of Tartarize
Tartarous a. Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.
Tartarous a. Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.
Tartarum n. See 1st Tartar.
Tartarus n. The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.
Tartary n. Tartarus.

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