| Tart |
v. t. |
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple. |
| Tart |
v. t. |
Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke. |
| Tart |
n. |
A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie. |
| Tartan |
n. |
Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern. |
| Tartan |
n. |
A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib. |
| 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. |
| Tartini's tones |
|
See the Note under Tone. |
| Tartish |
a. |
Somewhat tart. |
| Tartlet |
n. |
A small tart. |
| Tartly |
adv. |
In a tart manner; with acidity. |
| Tartness |
n. |
The quality or state of being tart. |
| Tartralic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11;
called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid. |
| Tartramate |
n. |
A salt of tartramic acid. |
| Tartramic |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid. |
| Tartramide |
n. |
An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. |
| Tartrate |
n. |
A salt of tartaric acid. |
| Tartrated |
a. |
Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid. |
| Tartrazine |
n. |
An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids. |
| Tartrelic |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance. |
| Tartro- |
|
A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives. |
| Tartronate |
n. |
A salt of tartronic acid. |
| Tartronic |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance. |
| Tartronyl |
n. |
A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives. |
| Tartrovinic |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid. |
| Tartufe |
n. |
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. |
| Tartuffe |
n. |
Alt. of Tartufe |
| Tartuffish |
a. |
Alt. of Tartufish |
| Tartufish |
a. |
Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. |
