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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Consisting of, derived from, or containing tartar.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities.
  • Of or like a Tatar or Tartar; barbarous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.
  • adjective Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or derived from tartar.

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