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† tartarous, a. Obs.|ˈtɑːtərəs|
[f. tartar n.1 + -ous; = F. tartareux.]
1. Of the nature of, consisting of, or containing tartar or argol.
1655–87H. More App. Antid. (1712) 215 The tartarous parts of Wine, that are driven outward to the sides of the vessel. 1658R. White tr. Digby's Powd. Symp. (1660) 81 Tartarous lees, which fall to the bottom. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 214 By reason of a delicate Tartarous Acidity. 1768Woman of Honor II. 196 A jollitry, raised by a wretched tartarous wine.
2. Path. Said of indurations, inspissated fluids, phlegms, etc., attributed to the presence of tartar in the body. (Much employed in 17th and early 18th centuries by the followers of Paracelsus.)
1605Timme Quersit. i. xiii. 64 The oile of pepper doth attenuat..and cut tartarus matters in the body. 1657Physical Dict., Tartarous matter, congealed hard substances of an acrimonious sharp nature.., being coagulated in the joynts, it's the principal cause of the gout. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 123 In Tubercles and Tartarous Indurations of the Lungs. 1744Berkeley Siris §86 The asperity of tartarous salts, and the fiery acrimony of alkaline salts irritating and wounding the nerves, produce nascent passions and anxieties in the soul.
3. fig. Having elements of acerbity, unrefined, rough. rare. (? with play on Tartar n.2)
1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. i, I iudge him of a rectified spirit,..refin'd From all the tartarous moodes of common men.
4. In early Chemistry:
a. Of the appearance, consistency, or supposed character of tartar or argol.
1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 66 Air..contains some..tartarous and metallick Parts. Ibid. 327 When the Fern was burnt, it was between dry and wet: thus the Salt was as it were Tartarous and Substantial.
b. Of the nature of or derived from tartar; tartarous acid, an earlier name of tartaric acid.
1790Tartarous acid [see tartrite]. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. xii. 502 Obtained by distillation..from tartar, from all tartarous salts. 1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 121 The tartarous acid is entirely separated from lime, and the oxalic acid from oxide of lead, by quantities of sulphuric acid, merely sufficient to saturate the two bases.
Hence † ˈtartarousness, tartarous quality, acerbity. Obs.
1657R. Ligon Barbadoes Index 84 a, The salt and tartarousnesse of this Temper, causes it to turn, as Milk does, when any soure or sharp liquor is put into it. |