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tartareous, a.1|tɑːˈtɛərɪəs|
[f. mod.L. tartare-us (f. tartarum tartar n.1) + -ous.]
†1. Path. Of the nature of a tartar, or calcareous or earthy deposit; characterized by such deposits. (Cf. tartarous 2.) Obs.
1625Hart Anat. Ur. ii. x. 119 From whence do they [Paracelsists] inferre a great number of such tartareous diseases, as they call them? Ibid., Abundance of a tartareous or terrestrious substance. 1658A. Fox Würtz' Surg. iii. xi. 249 This moisture..doth join with the gluten of the joint, and groweth tartareous. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 211 A Tartareous humor got together in the veins under the tongue.
†2. Like tartar in consistence or formation; of the nature of a concretion or crust; gritty. Obs.
1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 131 Every tartareous recrement fastened to the sides of the said vessels. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. xvi. 238 Mingled with other metals, as lime and tartareous stones, in which black floats and slats do break. 1677Grew Anat. Seeds i. §1 The Tartareous Stone of a Plum. 1683A. Snape Anat. Horse v. i. (1686) 195 A Bone is said to be..made of the most earthy and tartareous part of the Seed in the Womb.
†3. Chem. Having the quality of tartar or argol; containing or derived from tartar; tartareous acid, early name of tartaric acid. (Cf. tartarous.) Obs.
† tartareous acidulum (F. acidule tartareux), an old name of tartar.
1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. v. xix. 283 Meats that are Salt and Tartareous. c1790tr. De Morveau's, etc. Table Chem. Nom. (Encycl. Brit. ed. 3 IV. 598 a), Radical principle of the tartareous acid. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 198 When exposed to heat in contact with the air, the tartareous acidulum is decomposed, fuses, swells up. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 183 The tartareous acid dissolves the oxide of tin.
4. Bot. Of a crust-like structure like tartar: descriptive of certain lichens.
1845Lindley Sch. Bot. ix. (1858) 155 Thallus thick, granular and tartareous, greyish-white. 1861H. Macmillan Footn. fr. Page Nat. 75 We have no data from which to ascertain the age of tartareous species, which adhere almost inseparably to stones. |