TARTAR

n. Ta3r't'r. Lat., tartarum. tartar us (connected in some obscure way with Taprapos, Hades). Fr., tartre. Ger., We in stein (1st def.). Sp., tdrtaro, rasuras del vino (1st def.). 1. A substance deposited as a whitish or reddish crystalline crust on the sides of wine-casks, consisting of a mixture of acid and normal tartrates, especially those of pota ium and calcium. [B; B, 95 (a, 38) ] 2. See SORDES (1st def.). Acid of t. Tartaric acid. [B.] Ammoniated soluble t. Pota ium and ammonium tartrate. [B.] Cream oft. Lat., cremor tartar i. Fr., creme de tartre. Ger.. Weinsteinrahm. Commercial acid tartrate of pota ium, usually containing more or le calcium tartrate; so called because when it is mixed with water a fine creamy film of minute crystals floats on the top. [B, 5, 8.] Crude t. See T. (1st def.). Crystals of t. Cream of t., especially as obtained in the crystalline form. [B ] Emetic t. See ANTIMONY and pota ium tartrate. Ointment of t. emetic. See Unguentum AN TIM ON I I tartar at i. Red t. The reddish t. deposited from red wine. [B, 5.] Salt of t. Pota ium carbonate obtained by decomposing cream of t. [B.] Soluble (cream of) t. See TARTAR US borax at us. Stibiated t., T. emetic. See ANTIMONY and pota ium tartrate. T. emetic substitute. See ANTIMONY and pota ium oxalate. Tartrated t. See TARTAR US tartar is at us. Vitriolated t. Pota ium sulphate. [B, 91.] White t. Crude t. deposited from white wine and having a dirty-whitish color. [B, 5.] [s. 596]