TARTARIAN
Tar*ta"ri*an, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.
TARTARIC
Tar*tar"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
TARTARINE
Tar"tar*ine, n. (Old Chem.)
Defn: Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
[Obs.]
TARTARIZE
Tar"tar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tartarized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tartarizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. tartariser.] (Chem.)
Defn: To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.]
Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic.
TARTARIZE
Tar"tar*ize, v. t.
Defn: To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.