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Cream of tartarTartar 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.
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. Cream of tartarCream 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.
2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the
surface. [R.]
3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from
cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth
her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith.
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.
Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
--Shelton.
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. dextro-tartaric acidTartaric Tar*tar"ic, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,
tartar.
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. ditartaricTartralic 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. Fagopyrum TartaricumWheat 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.
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.
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 (Zo["o]l.), any one of
several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the
sap of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle (Sylvanus
Surinamensis) whose larv[ae] feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium
paniceum) whose larv[ae] eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zo["o]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.
S.]
Wheat fly. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zo["o]l.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zo["o]l.)
(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
larv[ae] suck the juice of the young kernels and when
full grown change to pup[ae] in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth whose larv[ae] 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 (Zo["o]l.), a small brown thrips (Thrips
cerealium) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat. inactive tartaric acidMesotartaric Mes`o*tar*tar"ic, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactive
tartaric acid. Lecanora tartareaLitmus 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.
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.
Litmus paper (Chem.), unsized paper saturated with blue or
red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies. Lecanora tartareaCudbear 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.
2. (Bot.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the
powder is obtained. Lecanora tartareaCudbear 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.
2. (Bot.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the
powder is obtained. MesotartaricMesotartaric Mes`o*tar*tar"ic, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactive
tartaric acid. normal pyrotartaric acidGlutaric Glu*tar"ic, a. [Glutamic + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as,
glutaric ethers.
Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white
crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; --
called also normal pyrotartaric acid. Pyrotartaric
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.
PyrotritartaricPyrotritartaric Pyr`o*tri`tar*tar"ic, a. [Pyro- + tri- +
tartaric.] (Chem.)
Designating an acid which is more commonly called uric
acid. Saiga TartaricaSaiga Sai"ga, n. [Russ. saika.] (Zo["o]l.)
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. Stibiated tartarStibiated Stib"i*a`ted, a. [NL. stibiatus, from L. stibium
antimony.] (Med. Chem.)
Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).
Stibiated tartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar. Subtartarean
Subtartarean Sub`tar*ta"re*an, a.
Being or living under Tartarus; infernal. ``Subtartarean
powers.' --Pope.
Tartan
Tartan Tar"tan, n. [F. tartane, or Sp., Pg., or It. tartana;
all perhaps of Arabic origin.] (Naut.)
A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having
one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with
staysail or jib.
TartarTartar 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.
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.] TartarTartar 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.
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. Tartar
Tartar Tar"tar, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
TartarTartar Tar"tar, n. [Cf. F. tartare.]
See Tartarus. --Shak. Tartar emeticTartar 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.
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. Tartarated
Tartarated Tar"tar*a`ted, a. (Chem.)
Tartrated.
TartareousTartareous Tar*ta"re*ous, a. [Cf. 1st Tartarous.]
1. Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
2. (Bot.) Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many
lichens are tartareous. TartarianTartarian Tar*ta"ri*an, Tartaric Tar*tar"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz. Tartarian
Tartarian Tar*ta"ri*an, n. (Bot.)
The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian,
or the White Tartarian.
Tartarian lambTartarian Tar*ta"ri*an, Tartaric Tar*tar"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz. TartaricTartarian Tar*ta"ri*an, Tartaric Tar*tar"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz. TartaricTartaric Tar*tar"ic, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,
tartar.
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. Tartaric acidTartaric Tar*tar"ic, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,
tartar.
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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