Tartar
['tɑːtə] or ['tɑrtɚ]
Definition
(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.
(n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
(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.
(n.) A person of a keen, irritable temper.
(a.) Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
(n.) See Tartarus.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Argol, bitartrate of potash (crude).[2]. Ill-tempered person.
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Definition
n. a mixture of bitartrate of potash and tartrate of lime being a deposit formed from wine and known in its crude form as argol: a concretion which sometimes forms on the teeth.—adjs. Tar-tā′reous Tar′tarous consisting of or resembling tartar; Tartar′ic pertaining to or obtained from tartar.—v.t. Tar′tarise to impregnate or treat with tartar.—adjs. Tartral′ic Tartrel′ic derived from tartar.—n. Tar′trāte a salt of tartaric acid.—Tartar emetic a compound of potassium and antimony.—Cream of tartar (see Cream).
n. a native of Tartary in Asia: an irritable person or one too strong for his assailant.
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Examples
- Dissolve the sal soda, borax, and sal tartar in the hot water and add the other ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- With Peter the Great (1682-1725) the empire of Muscovy broke away from her Tartar traditions and entered the sphere of French attraction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is dangerous to say I am like Tartar; it suggests to me a claim to be treated like Tartar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is composed of pure copper, 100 parts; pure tin, 17 parts; magnesia, 6 parts; tartar of commerce, 9 parts; sal-ammoniac, 3. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Tartar, Tartar! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His revenue is, in the one case, profit, in the other intereSt. The revenue of a Tartar or Arabian chief consists in profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Flour, terra alba, alum, and chalk are the chief ingredients used in the adulteration of cream of tartar. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- She would say, 'Take a salamander,' as if a general should command a private to catch a Tartar. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Many housewives look askance at ready-made baking powders and prefer to bake with soda and sour milk, soda and buttermilk, or soda and cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Seidlitz powder is a simple remedy consisting of two powders, one containing bicarbonate of soda, and the other, some acid such as cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I stayed longer in the room than usual; I could not bear to be out of her presence; I returned to it, and basked in it, like Tartar in the sun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Wet or fair, calm or storm, she took her daily ride over Stilbro' Moor, Tartar keeping up at her side, with his wolf-like gallop, long and untiring. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Here is Tartar coming; he will tread upon them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She convoyed Donne past his dread enemy Tartar, who, with his nose on his fore paws, lay snoring under the meridian sun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In a few armies since the Tartar's first invasion of the West were men executed summarily for as little reason as they were under his command. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Germans called them Hungarians and Tartars, the French, Bohemians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Doubtless fugitives from the Tartars to the east also contributed to the Cossack mixture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among the Tartars, even the women have been frequently known to engage in battle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Apparently they were a tribe of Nestorian Tartars in Mongolia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In point of obedience, they were always much inferior to what is reported of the Tartars and Arabs. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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