Tartar

tar'tar, n. a salt which form® on the sides of casks containing wine (when pure, called cream of tartar a concretion which sometimes forms on the teeth. [Fr. fartre ~ Lovr L, tartarum— Ar. dourd Tartar, tar'tar. n. a native of Tartary iu Asia an irritable person, or one too strong for his a ailant. Tartareous, tftr-ta'rc-m, TartarotlB, tar'tar us, adj. consisting of or resembling tartar.