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A small tart. V. Knox.

In a tart manner; with acidity.

The quality or state of being tart.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.

A salt of tartramic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.

An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

A salt of tartaric acid.

Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.

An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.

A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives.

A salt of tartronic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.

A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid.

A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. Sterne.

A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.

A heap. [Obs.] "The tas of bodies slain." Chaucer.