▪ I. † ˈtartarine, n. Obs.
[a. F. tartarin.]
(See quot.)
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 10 There was at Paris another beast called a Tartarine, and in some places a Magot (much like a Baboun),..being as great as a Gray-hound. |
▪ II. tartarine
variant of tartarin n.1
▪ III. † ˈtartarine, a.1 Obs.
[f. tartar n.1 + -ine1.]
= tartarous a.
| 1731 S. Hales Stat. Ess. I. 198 The like tartarine concretions are also frequently formed in some fruits. 1775 Sir E. Barry Obs. Wines 193 These concretions from spring water are of a Tartarine kind. |