tart, tarte

[A. S. teart =tart, sharp, severe, lit. tearing, from tær, pa. t. of teran to tear (q. v.).] IMG:content-0830.png:[blocks in formation] swells up. It is a yellowish, deliquescent ma , which di olves in water, forming an acid solution. (3) Insoluble tartaric anhydride . C4H405. Obtained by heating tartaric acid for some time to 150°, exhausting the product with cold water, and dry Bot.: (1) The great fleshy root of Crambe tartar ing it in a vacuum. It is a white powder, insoluble ica . (2) Crambe tartaric a . [CRAMBE (1).] *Tar'-tar (2), s. [Lat. Tartar us .] Hell. "He might return to vasty Tartar back." Shakesp.: Henry V., ii. 2.