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tartar1 (c.1240)

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tartar1 (c.1240)

tartare; 
Latin tartaream,  tartari,  tartaro,  tartarum; 
Greek tartaron  (targeron,  tazgeron)  
  FEW:  tartarum 13/i,126a Gdf: GdfC:  tartre 10,745a TL: DEAF:  targeron  / tartaire 1 (tartar, tartaron)  / tartre 2  DMF:  tartre  TLF:  tartre 1  OED:  tartar n.1  MED:  tartar n.1  DMLBS:  tartarum 3375a

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oenol.pharm.tartar, argol, deposit formed during the process of fermentation of wine, used as a medicinal ingredient
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) metez ces puldres ovec que rechoit tartar [de vin] blanc  i 60
( MS: c.1300 ) Pernez [...] sanc de dragon, gallitricom, tartaron [...]  327.10
( MS: s.xiv ) aristologie rotunde, lupins, vive cauz, tartarum, os desecchis, gallis e um apele les poumes de cheine  59.W8
( MS: s.xv ) Oygnement blanche pur roigne e teigne. Pernez demy livere de eschume de hor, e del tazgeron .iij. unces [...], e pus mettez [...] les pudres de li targeron e de cheruse  168.E585
pudre de tartar
pharm.cream of tartar, white crystal obtained from purified tartar
( MS: s.xv ) Pernetz menu pudre de tan un unce e de pudre de tartaro demy unce, e medletz ensemble  151.E365
( MS: s.xv ) Oygnement blanche pur roigne e teigne. Pernez demy livere de eschume de hor [...], e pus mettez [...] les pudres de li targeron e de cheruse  168.E585

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