| slovo | definícia |
tartar
(mass) | Tartar
- tatársky, Tatár |
tartar
(encz) | tartar,fúrie n: Zdeněk Brož |
tartar
(encz) | tartar,xantipa n: Zdeněk Brož |
tartar
(encz) | tartar,zubní kámen Zdeněk Brož |
Tartar
(gcide) | Tartar \Tar"tar\, n.
1. [Per. T[=a]t[=a]r, of Tartar origin.] A native or
inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of
numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin,
inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more
correctly but less usually, Tatar.
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2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
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To catch a tartar, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person
who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]
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Tartar
(gcide) | Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., &
It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic
origin.]
1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks,
consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used
in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium
carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant
for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone,
etc.
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2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of
salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
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Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream.
Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium
and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline
substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
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Tartar
(gcide) | Tartar \Tar"tar\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
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Tartar
(gcide) | Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [Cf. F. tartare.]
See Tartarus. --Shak.
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tartar
(wn) | tartar
n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: {cream of
tartar}, tartar, potassium bitartrate, {potassium
hydrogen tartrate}]
2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon,
tartar]
3: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded
Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, {Mongol
Tatar}]
4: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn:
tartar, calculus, tophus] |
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tartar
(mass) | Tartar
- tatársky, Tatár |
cream of tartar
(encz) | cream of tartar, |
cream-of-tartar tree
(encz) | cream-of-tartar tree, n: |
steak tartare
(encz) | steak tartare, n: |
tartar
(encz) | tartar,fúrie n: Zdeněk Brožtartar,xantipa n: Zdeněk Brožtartar,zubní kámen Zdeněk Brož |
tartar emetic
(encz) | tartar emetic, n: |
tartar sauce
(encz) | Tartar sauce,tatarská omáčka |
tartar steak
(encz) | tartar steak, n: |
tartare sauce
(encz) | tartare sauce, |
tartarean
(encz) | Tartarean, adj: |
tartarian honeysuckle
(encz) | Tartarian honeysuckle, |
tartaric
(encz) | tartaric,vinný adj: víno Ritchie |
tartaric acid
(encz) | tartaric acid,kyselina vinná [chem.] Ritchie |
tartarus
(encz) | Tartarus, |
tartary
(encz) | Tartary, |
Cream of tartar
(gcide) | Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., &
It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic
origin.]
1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks,
consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used
in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium
carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant
for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone,
etc.
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2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of
salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
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Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream.
Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium
and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline
substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
[1913 Webster]Cream \Cream\ (kr[=e]m), n. [F. cr[^e]me, perh. fr. LL. crema
cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin
to cremare to burn.]
1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when
the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the
surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is
obtained.
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2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the
surface. [R.]
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3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from
cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
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4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
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In vain she tries her paste and creams,
To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith.
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5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence;
as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a
collection of books or pictures.
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Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
--Shelton.
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Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and
eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold.
Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose
water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and
lips.
Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which
the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has
been added.
Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a
graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the
cream to rise.
Cream nut, the Brazil nut.
Cream of lime.
(a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution
of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
(b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.
Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so
called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the
surface of the liquor in the process of purification by
recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance,
with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an
ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium
bitartrate}, acid potassium tartrate, etc.
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Cream of tartar bread
(gcide) | Bread \Bread\ (br[e^]d), n. [AS. bre['a]d; akin to OFries.
br[=a]d, OS. br[=o]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel.
brau[eth], Sw. & Dan. br["o]d. The root is probably that of
E. brew. [root]93. See Brew.]
1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening,
kneading, and baking.
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Note:
Raised bread is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a
little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or
water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given
time to rise before baking.
Cream of tartar bread is raised by the action of an
alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or
ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate
of potassium) or some acid.
Unleavened bread is usually mixed with water and salt only.
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A["e]rated bread. See under A["e]rated.
Bread and butter (fig.), means of living.
Brown bread, Indian bread, Graham bread, {Rye and
Indian bread}. See Brown bread, under Brown.
Bread tree. See Breadfruit.
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2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
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Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11
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dextro-tartaric acid
(gcide) | Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,
tartar.
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Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the
vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries,
etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline
substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid
taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing,
photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon
juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid.
(b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids
(racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid)
of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
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ditartaric
(gcide) | Tartralic \Tar*tral"ic\, a. [From Tartar the chemical
compound.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white
amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also
ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.
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Fagopyrum Tartaricum
(gcide) | Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
White.] (Bot.)
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
grain most largely used by the human race.
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Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
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Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
(Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zool.), any one of several
species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
Surinamensis}) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
paniceum}) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]
Wheat fly. (Zool.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
Wheat jointworm. (Zool.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zool.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zool.)
(a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
grown change to pupae in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.
Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
Wheat thrips (Zool.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zool.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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inactive tartaric acid
(gcide) | mesotartaric \mes`o*tar*tar"ic\, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also {inactive
tartaric acid}. It is an optically inactive stereoisomer of
tartaric acid due to internal compensation of the rotatory
activity of the two asymmetric centers; it has a plane of
symmetry in the molecule.
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Lecanora tartarea
(gcide) | Litmus \Lit"mus\, n. [D. lakmoes; lak lacker + moes a thick
preparation of fruit, pap, prob. akin to E. meat: cf. G.
lackmus. See Lac a resinous substance.] (Chem.)
A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens ({Roccella
tinctoria}, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous
mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates
with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
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Note: Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids
and restored to its blue color by alkalies, is a common
indicator or test for acidity and alkalinity.
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Litmus paper (Chem.), unsized paper saturated with blue or
red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies.
[1913 Webster]Cudbear \Cud"bear`\ (k?d"b?r`), n. [Also cudbeard, corrupted
fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotchman, who first
brought it into notice.]
1. A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with
water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is
prepared from certain species of lichen, especially
Lecanora tartarea. --Ure.
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2. (Bot.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the
powder is obtained.
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mesotartaric
(gcide) | mesotartaric \mes`o*tar*tar"ic\, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also {inactive
tartaric acid}. It is an optically inactive stereoisomer of
tartaric acid due to internal compensation of the rotatory
activity of the two asymmetric centers; it has a plane of
symmetry in the molecule.
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normal pyrotartaric acid
(gcide) | Glutaric \Glu*tar"ic\, a. [Glutamic + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as,
glutaric ethers.
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Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white
crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; --
called also normal pyrotartaric acid.
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Pyrotartaric
(gcide) | Pyrotartaric \Pyr`o*tar*tar"ic\, a. [Pyro- + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white
crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid.
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Pyrotritartaric
(gcide) | Pyrotritartaric \Pyr`o*tri`tar*tar"ic\, a. [Pyro- + tri- +
tartaric.] (Chem.)
Designating an acid which is more commonly called uric
acid.
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Saiga Tartarica
(gcide) | Saiga \Sai"ga\, n. [Russ. saika.] (Zool.)
An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of
Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated
horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
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Salt of tartar
(gcide) | Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole,
Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. Sal,
Salad, Salary, Saline, Sauce, Sausage.]
1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
and crystallization, from sea water and other water
impregnated with saline particles.
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2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
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Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
. we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
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3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
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I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
of silver salts. --Pepys.
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5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
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Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
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6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
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Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
acid salts. See Phrases below.
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7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
with a grain of salt.
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Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13.
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8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
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9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
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Above the salt, Below the salt, phrases which have
survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
and poor relations. See Saltfoot.
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His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
salt. --B. Jonson.
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Acid salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
(b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
a neutral salt.
Alkaline salt (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
reaction, as sodium carbonate.
Amphid salt (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
oxide. [Obsolescent]
Basic salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
than is required to neutralize the acid.
(b) An alkaline salt.
Binary salt (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
Double salt (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
sulphate. See under Double.
Epsom salts. See in the Vocabulary.
Essential salt (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
crystallizing plant juices.
Ethereal salt. (Chem.) See under Ethereal.
Glauber's salt or Glauber's salts. See in Vocabulary.
Haloid salt (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
sodium chloride.
Microcosmic salt. (Chem.). See under Microcosmic.
Neutral salt. (Chem.)
(a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
neutralize each other.
(b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
Oxy salt (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
Per salt (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
Permanent salt, a salt which undergoes no change on
exposure to the air.
Proto salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
analogous compound.
Rochelle salt. See under Rochelle.
Salt of amber (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
Salt of colcothar (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
of iron.
Salt of hartshorn. (Old Chem.)
(a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
(b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. Spirit of hartshorn, under
Hartshorn.
Salt of lemons. (Chem.) See Salt of sorrel, below.
Salt of Saturn (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Salt of Seignette. Same as Rochelle salt.
Salt of soda (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
Salt of sorrel (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
-- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
sometimes inaccurately called salt of lemon.
Salt of tartar (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
Salt of Venus (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
-- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
Salt of wisdom. See Alembroth.
Sedative salt (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
Sesqui salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
or analogous compound.
Spirit of salt. (Chem.) See under Spirit.
Sulpho salt (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
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Stibiated tartar
(gcide) | Stibiated \Stib"i*a`ted\, a. [NL. stibiatus, from L. stibium
antimony.] (Med. Chem.)
Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).
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Stibiated tartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar.
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Subtartarean
(gcide) | Subtartarean \Sub`tar*ta"re*an\, a.
Being or living under Tartarus; infernal. "Subtartarean
powers." --Pope.
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Tartar emetic
(gcide) | Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., &
It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic
origin.]
1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks,
consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used
in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium
carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant
for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone,
etc.
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2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of
salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
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Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream.
Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium
and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline
substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
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Tartarated
(gcide) | Tartarated \Tar"tar*a`ted\, a. (Chem.)
Tartrated.
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Tartarean
(gcide) | Tartarean \Tar*ta"re*an\, Tartareous \Tar*ta"re*ous\, a. [L.
tartareus: cf. F. tartar['e]en.]
Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
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Tartareous
(gcide) | Tartarean \Tar*ta"re*an\, Tartareous \Tar*ta"re*ous\, a. [L.
tartareus: cf. F. tartar['e]en.]
Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
[1913 Webster]Tartareous \Tar*ta"re*ous\, a. [Cf. 1st Tartarous.]
1. Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
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2. (Bot.) Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many
lichens are tartareous.
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Tartarian
(gcide) | Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
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Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz.
[1913 Webster]Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, n. (Bot.)
The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian,
or the White Tartarian.
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Tartarian lamb
(gcide) | Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
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Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz.
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Tartaric
(gcide) | Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
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Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz.
[1913 Webster]Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,
tartar.
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Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the
vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries,
etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline
substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid
taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing,
photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon
juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid.
(b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids
(racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid)
of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
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Tartaric acid
(gcide) | Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,
tartar.
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Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the
vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries,
etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline
substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid
taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing,
photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon
juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid.
(b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids
(racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid)
of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
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Tartarine
(gcide) | Tartarine \Tar"tar*ine\, n. (Old Chem.)
Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
[Obs.]
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Tartarize
(gcide) | Tartarize \Tar"tar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tartarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Tartarizing.] [Cf. F. tartariser.] (Chem.)
To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.]
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Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic.
[1913 Webster]Tartarize \Tar"tar*ize\, v. t.
To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as
by conquest.
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Tartarized
(gcide) | Tartarize \Tar"tar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tartarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Tartarizing.] [Cf. F. tartariser.] (Chem.)
To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.]
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Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic.
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Tartarized antimony
(gcide) | Tartarize \Tar"tar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tartarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Tartarizing.] [Cf. F. tartariser.] (Chem.)
To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.]
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Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic.
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Tartarizing
(gcide) | Tartarize \Tar"tar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tartarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Tartarizing.] [Cf. F. tartariser.] (Chem.)
To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.]
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Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic.
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Tartarous
(gcide) | Tartarous \Tar"tar*ous\, a. [Cf. F. tartareux.]
Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its
qualities; tartareous.
[1913 Webster]Tartarous \Tar"tar*ous\, a.
Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured;
irritable.
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The Tartarous moods of common men. --B. Jonson.
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Tartarum
(gcide) | Tartarum \Tar"ta*rum\, n. (Chem.)
See 1st Tartar.
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Tartarus
(gcide) | Tartarus \Tar"ta*rus\ (t[aum]r"t[.a]*r[u^]s), prop. n. [L., from
Gr. Ta`rtaros.] (Class. Myth.)
The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as
far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later
writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the
wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used
synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.
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Tartary
(gcide) | Tartary \Tar"ta*ry\, n.
Tartarus. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Tartary wheat
(gcide) | Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
White.] (Bot.)
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
grain most largely used by the human race.
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Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
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Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
(Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zool.), any one of several
species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
Surinamensis}) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
paniceum}) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]
Wheat fly. (Zool.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
Wheat jointworm. (Zool.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zool.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zool.)
(a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
grown change to pupae in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.
Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
Wheat thrips (Zool.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zool.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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To catch a tartar
(gcide) | Tartar \Tar"tar\, n.
1. [Per. T[=a]t[=a]r, of Tartar origin.] A native or
inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of
numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin,
inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more
correctly but less usually, Tatar.
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2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
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To catch a tartar, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person
who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]
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cream of tartar
(wn) | cream of tartar
n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: {cream of
tartar}, tartar, potassium bitartrate, {potassium
hydrogen tartrate}] |
cream-of-tartar tree
(wn) | cream-of-tartar tree
n 1: Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that
resembles a gourd [syn: cream-of-tartar tree, {sour
gourd}, Adansonia gregorii] |
steak tartare
(wn) | steak tartare
n 1: ground beef mixed with raw egg and e.g. onions and capers
and anchovies; eaten raw [syn: steak tartare, {tartar
steak}, cannibal mound] |
tartar
(wn) | tartar
n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: {cream of
tartar}, tartar, potassium bitartrate, {potassium
hydrogen tartrate}]
2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon,
tartar]
3: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded
Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, {Mongol
Tatar}]
4: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn:
tartar, calculus, tophus] |
tartar emetic
(wn) | tartar emetic
n 1: a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in
medicine [syn: tartar emetic, {antimony potassium
tartrate}] |
tartar sauce
(wn) | tartar sauce
n 1: mayonnaise with chopped pickles and sometimes capers and
shallots and parsley and hard-cooked egg; sauce for seafood
especially fried fish [syn: tartare sauce, {tartar
sauce}] |
tartar steak
(wn) | tartar steak
n 1: ground beef mixed with raw egg and e.g. onions and capers
and anchovies; eaten raw [syn: steak tartare, {tartar
steak}, cannibal mound] |
tartare sauce
(wn) | tartare sauce
n 1: mayonnaise with chopped pickles and sometimes capers and
shallots and parsley and hard-cooked egg; sauce for seafood
especially fried fish [syn: tartare sauce, {tartar
sauce}] |
tartarean
(wn) | Tartarean
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
[syn: Hadean, Plutonian, Tartarean] |
tartarian honeysuckle
(wn) | Tartarian honeysuckle
n 1: a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia
[syn: bush honeysuckle, Tartarian honeysuckle,
Lonicera tatarica] |
tartaric
(wn) | tartaric
adj 1: relating to or derived from or resembling tartar;
"tartaric acid" |
tartaric acid
(wn) | tartaric acid
n 1: an acid found in many fruits; used in soft drinks and
confectionery and baking powder |
tartarus
(wn) | Tartarus
n 1: a place where the wicked are punished after death [syn:
Gehenna, Tartarus] |
tartary
(wn) | Tartary
n 1: the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was
controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries;
"under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the
Pacific Ocean" [syn: Tartary, Tatary] |
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