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tartar
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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tartar deposit of acid potassium tartrate adhering to the sides of wine casks. XIV. — medL.
tartarum — medGr.
tártaron, or unkn. orig.
Hence (or — F.)
tartaric XVIII.
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Sometimes it's possible to skip the cream of tartar.(TASTE)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/4/1998; ; 700+ words
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Crimean Tartars Return to Their Homeland
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 3/31/1994; 700+ words
; ...up of the Soviet Union, the Crimean Tartars have been returning to their homeland...Stalin uprooted hundreds of thousands of Tartars, the native people of the Crimea and...many years. In 1990, several Crimean Tartars, coming from Taschent and Sumar Khan...
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. announces results of two clinical studies on its new product, Colgate Tartar Control toothpaste.
PR Newswire; 4/29/1987; 700+ words
; ...which prove definitively that Colgate Tartar Control toothpaste provides significantly superior performance in reducing tartar build-up above the gum line relative to Procter & Gamble's Crest Tartar Control toothpaste. A. Courtenay Shepard...
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Colgate promotes new tartar control toothpaste. (Colgate-Palmolive Co.)
Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review; 5/9/1994; 700+ words
; ...marketing budget for promoting a new Colgate tartar control toothpaste with a "micro-cleansing...formula will replace Colgate's current tartar control toothpaste, which has fallen...Gamble's (P&G's) Crest tartar control, the leading toothpaste in the...
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A Spoonful of Tartar Helps +he Lumpiness Go Down.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; What is cream of tartar? Cream of tartar is close to the heart of any organic chemist because the study...aside, there are still plenty of reasons to appreciate cream of tartar. It is a cheap, safe, readily available mild acid. It is...
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Delight Your Dog With Iams(R) Tartar Treats(TM) for Clean Teeth.
PR Newswire; 2/27/2006; 659 words
; New Iams(R) Tartar Treats Deliver Tasty Chew Along With Promoting...celebrating with the launch of Iams(R) Tartar Treats(TM) for dogs, a delicious edible hard chew that also assists in providing tartar reduction for improved dental health...
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CREST, ARMED WITH TARTAR FORMULA, STORMS BACK IN TOOTHPASTE WAR / REBOUNDS TO 38% MARKET SHARE
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 5/8/1986; ; 700+ words
; ...new formulation designed to help fight tartar, and backed with large advertising and...budgets to convince consumers that fighting tartar is something they need to do, has come...Crest's success has been its new Crest Tartar Control formula, introduced last June...
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Tartar sauce has titanic taste
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; 5 Kiss Kitchen Tartar sauce has titanic taste By KELLY WATTS...mayonnaise, as in mayonnaise-based sauces. Tartar sauce is perhaps the best known of these...the ingredient list of several brands of tartar sauce at the grocery store and discovered...
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Tartar sauce from hotel is good for the sole
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/22/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...meal. What people best remember is the tartar sauce - tangy, tart and rich. When readers...Ruder's request for the Palmer House tartar sauce, I have the recipe, given to me...delicious cole slaw, a hard roll and the tartar sauce. Ruder is correct: There is no...
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Swedish court stops Unilever's Elida-Gibbs unit from making tartar control claims for Pepsodent.
PR Newswire; 3/10/1989; 700+ words
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Tartars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Tartars (or Tatars ) A number of Central Asian...Mongol languages. The name “Tartars” is applied specifically to...to the Mongols consistently called them Tartars, probably by association with Tartarus...
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tartar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tartar or argol , impure potassium hydrogen tartrate deposited as a crust in fermenting vessels during wine making. When purified, it yields cream of tartar . Tartar is the chief natural source of tartaric acid .
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dental tartar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
dental tartar precipitate of saliva that accumulates around...line. Composed primarily of calcium salts, tartar forms as a hard brownish substance that irritates...periodic dental visits for the removal of tartar are recommended.
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Tartar
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...empire with its capital at Samarkand. See also Tatar . ∎ ( tartar ) a harsh, fierce, or intractable person: "Merciful God! but you're a tartar, miss!" said the sheriff, ruefully. DERIVATIVES: Tar·tar...
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cream of tartar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cream of tartar white crystalline powder. Chemically it is potassium hydrogen tartrate...used as the leavening agent in baking powders. An impure form, called tartar or argol, forms naturally during the fermentation of grape juice into...
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