tartarian — ozdic

Collocations

3

VERB + TARTARIAN

couered, scraping

TARTARIAN + NOUN

theeues

PREP.

along, in, with

Definitions

noun

1

A Tartar.

Two, or Three Honest Men […] should be Skilfull in Far-Forreyn-Languages: As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik Vulgar, the Turkish, the Tartarien, the Chiny Language, the Canadien, and the Islandish, &c.

2

Any of various varieties of cherry. The Black Tartarian is a sweet cherry from Russia; the White Tartarian is a French variety of the early 1800s.

name

1

The language of the Tartars; Tatar.

adj

1

Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric.

Then hauing paſt Armenian deſerts now, And pitcht our tents vnder the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray: What ſhould we doe but bid them battel ſtraight, And rid the world of thoſe deteſted troopes?

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Two, or Three Honest Men […] should be Skilfull in Far-Forreyn-Languages: As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik Vulgar, the Turkish, the Tartarien, the Chiny Language, the Canadien, and the

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Then hauing paſt Armenian deſerts now, And pitcht our tents vnder the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray: What ſhould we doe but bid

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03

(Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, tartarian is marked as archaic, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.