Tartareous2 (tartare us)

[L. Tartare us, tartaric1 (tär-tar'ik), a. [= F. tartrique, IMG:content-2880.jpg:[graphic] also in medicine. Tartaric2, a . See Tataric . tartar int (tär'ta-rin), n. [F. tartar in , a king- fisher.] 1. The common European kingfisher, Alcedo ispida .-2. A large baboon, Cynocepha- lus hamadryas . tartar in elt (tär'ta-rin), n. [ tartar1 + -ine2.] Potash. tartarine2 (tär'ta-rin), n . [Also tarterine ; tartar in , tartar in , tartar in us , a kind of cloth, lit. (sc. pannus ) 'Tartar cloth,' also called tartarium , Tartar us , a Tartar: see Ta- tar .] A kind of rich silk or brocade, supposed to be made by the Tatars, but probably silk of China, India, etc., brought overland by them to Europe. Also called tartarium and cloth of Tars . Compare tarsel . A fabric of linen and wool used for linings, etc., was also called tartarine in the fif- way. It is said to be of Ar. origin, but it could not come, except by very unusual corruption, from the Ar. word given as its source, viz. Ar. (and Pers.) durd , dregs, sediment, the tar- tar of wine, the mother of oil; cf. oil; cf. Ar. durdiy , Pers. durdi , dregs, sediment; Ar. darad , a shedding of the teeth, darda , a toothle wo- man-referring, according to Devic, to the tartar on teeth.] 1. Impure acid pota ium tartrate, also called argal or argol , deposited from wines completely fermented, and ad- hering to the sides of the casks in the form of rine2 .] Same as tartarine On every trumpe hanging a broad banere a hard crust, varying from pale pink to dark red according as it has separated from white or red wines. When tartar is purified it forms white crystals having an acid taste and reaction. This is cream of tartar, which is much used in dyeing, in cookery, and also in medicine as a laxative and diuretic. See cream1. Desire of lucre is, however, but the tartar that en crusts economy. Landor , Imag. Conv., Lord Brooke and Sir P. Sidney. 2. An earthy substance which occasionally concretes upon the teeth, and is deposited from the saliva. It consists of salivary mucus, animal matter, and calcium phosphate. - Cream-of tartar whey, a solution composed of pota ium bitartrate two drams and milk one pint. The whey, diluted with water, is used as a diuretic in dropsy. - Salt of tartar. See salt1 . - Soluble tartar, neutral pota ium tartrate, obtained by adding cream of tartar to a hot solution of pota ium carbonate till all effervescence ceases. It has a mild saline, somewhat bitter taste, and is used as a laxative. - Tartar emetic, a double tartrate of pota ium and antimony, an important compound used in medicine IMG:content-2881.png:[blocks in formation] tartarization (tär ta-ri-zā'shon), n. [ tartar i zel (tär'ta-rīz), v. t.; pret. and pp. tartar ized, ppr. tartarizing. [ I judge him [Virgil] of a rectified spirit, By many revolutions of discourse (In his bright reason's influence), refined From all the tartarous moods of common men. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. IMG:content-2882.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-2883.png:[blocks in formation] Lastly the squalid lakes of Tartarie , And griesly Feends of hell him terrifie. tasellt, n. An obsolete form of teazel . taseometer (tas-e-om'e-tėr), n. [ τάσις , a stretching, tension ( τείνειν , stretch: see tend , thin1), + μέτρον , measure.] An instrument for measuring strains in a structure, invented by Steiner of Vienna. It gives its indications by the tones of a wire so attached as to be subjected to the strain under consideration. E. H. Knight. tash (tash), n. [ tāsh , tās , brocade.] A silk fabric in which gold or silver thread, or both, are used in great abundance: it is a va- riety of the kincob. Also ta . tasimeter (tā-sim'e-ter), n. [ τείνειν (ν ταν, τεν), stretch), + μέτρον, measure, standard: see meter .] An in- strument devised by Edison for detecting mi- nute changes of pre ure and thereby small creased electrical resistance of soft carbon when subjected to increased pre ure. The diminished resistance causes increased flow of an electric current, which is detected by a delicate galvanometer. See micro tasimeter . tasimetric (tas-i-met'rik), a . [ tasimeter + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the measurement of pre ures; also, of or pertaining to the tasime- ter.- surface. See surface . task as i metric task , taske , OF. tasque , tasche, tache , F. táche , a task, taxa , by metathesis, tasca , a tax, task: see tax . ] 1. A tax; an a e ment; an impost. Parlement Howse, and rather the Devyll, we sey, then ye shold grante eny more taskys . Paston Letters, III. 82. Canutus graunted to the inhabytauntes therof great fred am, and quyt theym of al kyngly taske or trib- Fabyan , Chronicles, cc. 2. Labor imposed; especially, a definite quan- tity or amount of labor; work to be done; one's stint; that which duty or nece ity imposes; duty, or duties collectively. Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task . Ex. v. 19. Specifically-3. A le on to be learned; a por- tion of study imposed by a teacher. Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair, Their books of stature small they take in hand. Shenstone, Schoolmistre . Tartuffish, Tartufish (tär-tuf'ish), a. [ Tar- 4. Work undertaken; an undertaking. tuffe , Tartufe , + -ish1.] Hypocritical; hypo- critically precise in behavior. [Rare.] God help her, said I; she has some mother-in-law, or tartufish aunt, or nonsensical old woman, to consult upon the occasion as well as myself. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 24. Tartuffism, Tartufism (tär-tuf'izm), n. [ Tar- tuffe , Tartufe , + -ism.] Conduct or character like that of Tartuffe (see Tartuffe ); the prac- tices of a hypocritical devotee. 3. One who performs a task, or piece of labor; in Scotland, often, a laborer who receives his wages in kind. [Obsolete or provincial.] He is a good days-man, or journeyman, or tasker . Rev. S. Ward, Sermons, p. 105. Old Martin, that is my tasker and the lady's servant, was driving out the cows to the pasture. Scott , Monastery, viii. 4. A thresher of grain. [Obsolete or prov. Eng. and Scotch.] To purge the chaff, and keep the winnow'd grain: Make clean thy thoughts, and dre thy mix'd desires: Thou art Heaven's tasker . Quarles , Emblems, IL. vii. 4. He suld a mantill haf, ald and bare, [And] a flaill, as he a taskar ware. We have done our tasking bravely, With the thews of Scottish men. J, S. Blackie , Lays of Highlands, p. 103. (Encyc. Dict.) task-lordt (task'lôrd), n . A taskmaster. [Rare.] They labour hard, eat little, sleeping le , No sooner layd, but thus their Task - lords pre . All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task Master's eye. Milton, Sonnets, il. taskmistre (task'mis"tres), n. A woman who imposes a task, as in a household. O willing slaves to Custom old, Severe taskmistre , ye your hearts have sold. The one thing not to be forgiven to intellectual persons is not to know their own task , or to take their ideas from others. Emerson, Fugitive Slave Law. Why such impre of shipwrights, whose sore task Does not divide the Sunday from the week? For most men in a brazen prison live;... With heads bent o'er their toil, they languidly Their lives to some unmeaning taskwork give. Heavy, heavy is the task , Hopele love declaring. At task, reproved; blamed. See attask . [Some editions of Shakspere give at task in Lear, i. 4. 366.] - To take to task, to call to account; reprove; reprimand. Mrs. Baynes took poor madame severely to task for ad- mitting such a man to her a emblies. task (task), v . t . [ tasken , tasquer , tascher , impose a task upon, also labor, tasque , tasche , a tax, task: see task , n. Cf. tax , v.] 11. To tax; charge. In short time after, he deposed the king;. And, in the neck of that, task'd the whole state. 21. To take to task; charge with something. Hear me, great Pompey: If thy great spirit can hear, I must task thee; Thou hast most unnobly robb'd me of my victory. tar-weed (tär'wēd), n. Any one of various glan- dular, viscid, and heavy-scented plants of the Fletcher (and another ), False One, ii. 1. genus Madia , of the similar Hemizonia , or of 3. To impose a task upon; a ign a definite IMG:content-2884.png:[blocks in formation] taxes. ta mow of hay or corn, = Ir. dais, a heap, pile, rick, W. das, a heap, stack, rick, mow.] 1. A heap; a pile. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] To ransake in the tas of bodyes dede, Hem for to strepe of harneys and of wede, The pilours diden bisyne e and cure After the bataille and dis confiture. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 147. Ther lay of paiens mani ta e , Wide and side, more and la e. 6195 Neuer be-fore this mantell be ta elled shall it not hange a-boute my nekke. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 620. And the hills of Pen tucket were ta elled with corn. Whittier, Bridal of Penna cook, i. 2. To remove the ta el from (growing Indian corn), for the purpose of improving the crop. First Annual Report of Kansas Experiment Sta tion. II. in trans. To put forth a ta el: said of trees or plants, especially of maize. IMG:content-2885.png:[blocks in formation] dius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 191. 2. A mow. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] ta 2 (tas), n. [Formerly also ta e; = Sp. taza = Pg. taça = It. tazza , Heart of Mid-Lothian, li. [Scotch.] tās, a cup, goblet.] A drinking-cup or its conta elt, n. Same as tercel. tents; more especially, a small draught of li- quor; as much as may be contained in a wine- gla . Out has he ta'en his poor bluidie heart, Set it in a ta e o' gowd. ... Ladye Diamond (Child's Ballads, II. 383). The Laird. recommended to the veteran to add a ta of brandy and a flagon of claret. Scott , Legend of Montrose, v.