Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tartar"
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) 1.7 (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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