tartan (1)

& a. [Fr. tiretaine = linsey-woolsey, from Sp. tiritaña a thin woolen cloth, a sort of thin silk, from its flimsine ; tiritar =to shiver, to shake with cold; Port. tiritana.] A. As substantive: Fabric: Woolen cloth, cro -barred with stripes of various colors, forming panes, and constituting the peculiar patterns which are said to have formerly distinguished the different Scottish Highland clans, each clan having its own peculiar pattern. North ( Record of Dre , Arms , and Sciences of the Highlanders , ii. 16-19) gives a list of the tartans, authorities think that the patterns are of comparatively recent invention. The term is also applied to the checkered patterns themselves in which the cloth is woven, and which are frequently printed or painted on various surfaces, as paper, wood, . B. As adj .: Consisting of, made from, or resembling tartan; having the pattern of a tartan. tar'-tan (2), tar-tane, s . [ Fr.tartane ; Sp., Port., & Ital. tartana , from Arab. taridah =a kind of ve el specially adapted for transporting horses.] Naut.: A small ve el with onemast and a bowsprit, the mainsail being spread by a lateen yard. Used in the Mediterranean. Tar-tar (1), s. & a. [Better spelled Tatar. The was inserted in medieval times to suggest that the Asiatic hordes who осса sioned such anxiety Tartan. Europe came from hell (Tartar us), and were the locusts of Revelation ix. Peraratara Tartar or Scythian.] 4. As substantiue : '. A native of Tartary, a name loosely applied to members of various Mongolian races in Asia and Europe. "Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream , iii. 2. 2. A courier employed by the Ottoman Porte, and by the European amba adors in Constantinople. 3. A person of a keen, irritable temper; a vixen, a shrew. Chemistry and Pharmacy: Tart a rated antimony. KO SbO3 C8H4O10+2HO, or KSbC4H4O7H2O. Internally in small doses it is diaphoretic, expectorant, and probably cholagogue; in larger doses it is an accustomed to it, it is then sedative. Externally it is a powerful irritant, producing pustules like those of small-pox. As an ointment or a hot aqueous solution, it is a powerful counter-irritant. tar-tar-at-ěd, adj . [English tartar; -ated .] Having tartaric-acid in its composition. Tart a rated antimony is tartar-emetic (q.v.); tart a rated iron is used in pharmacy as a blood restorer; and tart a rated soda is Rochelle-salt or Sodio-pota ic tartrate (q. v.). *tar-tär-e-an, *tar-tär-e-ous (1), a. [Lat. Tartare us , from Tartar us = hell.] Pertaining to or characteristic of hell; hellish; infernal. "At this day, When a Tartare an darkne overspreads The groaning nations." Words worth: Excursion , bk. iv. tar-tär-ě-oŭs (2), a . [Eng. tartar (3); -eous.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Consisting of tartar; resembling or partaking of the nature of tartar. "In fruits, the tartareous parts of the sap are thrown upon the fibers designed for the stone, and the oily upon the seed within it."-Grew: Cosmologia. 2. Bot .: Having a rough crumbling surface, like the thallus of some lichens. tartareous-mo , s. [CUDBEAR.] Botany & Dyeing : A lichen, Lecanora tartare a . Tar-tär-I-an, Tar-tăr'-Ic (1), adj . [Eng. Tar tary ; -ian , -ic.] Of or pertaining to Tartary; Tar IMG:content-0831.png:[blocks in formation] CHHO-COOH. This formula includes four bibasic acids distinguished especially by their crystalline forms and action on polarized light. (1) Dextro -tartaric acid ; ordinary tartaric acid. Found in grapes, tamarinds, pineapples, and other fruits, and prepared commercially from the argol, or impure pota ium tartrate deposited from wine by converting it into a calcium salt, decom posing with dilute sulphuric acid, and allowing the solution to crystallize in a warm place. It forms colorle , monoclinic prisms, which are readily soluble in water and alcohol, has a pure acid taste, and turns the plane of polarization to the right. The acid is largely used by calico-printers. (2) Lævo - tartaric acid (q. v.). (3) Racemic - acid (q. v.), and (4) Meso -tartaric acid. Inactive tartaric acid Obtained by the oxidation of sorb in. It has no action on polarized light. 2. Pharmacy : Tartaric-acid diminishes thirst in fevers. It is generally given in the form of cream of tartar or with bicarbonate of soda as an effer vescing draught.