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See 1st Tartar.

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.

Tartarus. [Obs.] Spenser.

See the Note under Tone.

Somewhat tart.

A small tart. V. Knox.

In a tart manner; with acidity.

The quality or state of being tart.

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.

uff 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.