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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1645-1646
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Tarter, n. [ME and e.m.E. tartre (Chaucer), tartar (Trevisa), F. tartre, med. L. tartarum.] Tartar, bitartrate of potash. — 1645–6 J. Hope Diary (1958) 163.
Of this oare I tooke tuo French ounces; with the one I mixed a litle salpeter and tarter brayed and prepared togither by burneing, with the uther I mixed none
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