Tartar definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary T`ARTAR, n. 1. An ... much used as a flux in the assaying of ores. Tartar is a supertartrate of potash; that is, a compound of ... a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate] 2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon, tartar] 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 ...
cream of tartar definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate] Merriam Webster's Date: 1662 ... and in certain treatments of metals Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tartar Tar"tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg ... 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 ...
tartar emetic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine [syn: tartar emetic, antimony potassium tartrate] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa ... medicine as an emetic and expectorant Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tartar Tar"tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg ... 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 ... salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime. Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream. Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), a ...
To catch a tartar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tartar Tar"tar, n. 1. [Per. T[=a]t[=a]r, of Tartar origin.] A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a ... A person of a keen, irritable temper. To catch a tartar, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person who proves ...
Cream of tartar bread definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bread Bread, n. [AS ... kneading, is given time to rise before baking. Cream of tartar bread is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate ... or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. Unleavened bread is ...
Salt of tartar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt ... Oxalis. Also sometimes inaccurately called salt of lemon. Salt of tartar (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate. [Obs.] Salt of Venus (Old Chem.), blue ...
tartar steak definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: ground ... onions and capers and anchovies; eaten raw [syn: steak tartare, tartar steak, cannibal mound]
cream-of-tartar tree definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Australian ... agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd [syn: cream-of-tartar tree, sour gourd, Adansonia gregorii]
... English argoile, from Anglo-French argoil Date: 14th century crude tartar deposited in wine casks during aging Oxford Reference Dictionary n ... f. AF argoile, of unkn. orig. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tartar Tar"tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg ... 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 ... 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 ...
Tartaric definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TARTAR'IC T`ARTARIN, n. [from tartar.] Fixed vegetable alkali or potash. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: relating to or derived from or resembling tartar; "tartaric acid" Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. Chem. of or produced from tartar. Phrases and idioms: tartaric acid a natural carboxylic acid found ... food additive. Etymology: F tartarique f. med.L tartarum: see TARTAR Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tartarian Tar*ta"ri*an, Tartaric ... Tartaric Tar*tar"ic, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. Tartaric acid. (a) An ...
... a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st Tartar, 1. Wine vault. (a) A vault where wine is stored ... coagulated by the use of wine. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tartar Tar"tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg ... 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 ... 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 ...