TARTAR

tartar, calculus, tophus

(noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar

(noun) a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century

dragon, tartar

(noun) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

Tartar (plural Tartars)

Alternative spelling of Tatar

A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.

• Marco Polo, Henry Yule, The Travels of Marco Polo, book 1, chapter 13

(figurative, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.

Adjective

Tartar (comparative more Tartar, superlative most Tartar)

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tartar

One of the tributaries of the Kura River, mostly flowing through the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Etymology 1

Noun

tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)

A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.

A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

Etymology 2

From figurative use of Tartar.

Noun

tartar (plural tartars)

(dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.

Source: Wiktionary

Tar"tar, n. Etym: [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., & It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr.

1. (Chem.)

Definition: 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.

2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime. 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.

Tar"tar, n.

1. Etym: [Per. Tatar, of Tartar origin.]

Definition: 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.

2. A person of a keen, irritable temper. To catch a tartar, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]

Tar"tar, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

Tar"tar, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tartare.]

Definition: See Tartarus. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition