tater (tater)

A dialectal or vulgar form of potato. Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow. Shak ., M. N. D., iii. 2. 101. As when the Tartar from his Ru ian foe, By A str a can, over the snowy plains, Retires. Milton , P. L., Χ. 431. 2. A savage, intractable person; a person of a keen, irritable temper; as applied to a woman, a shrew; a vixen: as, she is a regular Tartar. [In this sense not altered to Tatar.] The general had known Dr. Firmin's father also, who likewise had been a colonel in the famous old Peninsular army. "A Tartar that fellow was, and no mistake!" said the good officer. Thackeray , Philip, xiv. Perhaps this disconsolate suitor, whose first wife had been what is popularly called a Tartar , studied Mrs. Van deleur's character with more attention than the rest. Whyte Melville, White Rose, II. i. To catch a Tartar, to lay hold of or encounter a person who proves too strong for the a ailant. II. a. Of or pertaining to a Tatar or Tartar, or the Tatars or Tartars, or Tatary or Tartary. -Tatar antelope, the saiga. See cut under Saiga tarian lamb . See agnus Scythicus , under agnus . - Tatar Tatar bread. bread1. - Tatar lamb. Same as Ta sable. See sable. IMG:content-2892.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] We met a cart laden with potatoes. "Uncommon fine taters , them, sir!" said the intelligent tradesman, gazing at them with eager interest. N. and Q., 7th ser., XI. 29. tath (tath), n. [ tath , tadh = Sw. dial. tad , manure, dung; cf. Icel. tadha , hay from the home field, the home field itself; lit. that which is scattered'; cf. OHG. zata , zota, G. zote , a rag: see ted1 .] 1. The dung or manure left on land where live stock has been fed. Also tea the. [Prov. Eng.] -2. Strong gra growing round the dung of cattle. [Prov. Eng.] tath (tath), v. t. [Also tea the ; tedhja (= Norw. tedja ), manure, tadh , manure: see tath, n. The same verb in a more gen. sense appears as E. ted : see ted1 .] To manure, as a field, by allowing live stock to graze upon it. [Prov. Eng.] Tatianist (tā'shi-an-ist), n. [