tartarize

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tartarized p. pr. & vb. n. Tartarizing ] [ Cf. F. tartariser. ] (Chem.) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]