All 8 Uses of
tartar
in
War and Peace
- "Take a glass of boiled water and put a pinch of cream of tartar," and he indicated with his delicate fingers what he meant by a pinch.†
Chpt 1 *
- The motion of the small foot shod in a Tartar boot embroidered with silver, and the firm pressure of the lean sinewy hand, showed that the prince still possessed the tenacious endurance and vigor of hardy old age.†
Chpt 1
- "Isn't she a Tartar!"†
Chpt 7
- "And who is this?" she asked her governess, peering into the face of her own daughter dressed up as a Kazan-Tartar.†
Chpt 7
- On the nearest one sat a Tartar, probably a Cossack, judging by the uniform thrown down beside him.†
Chpt 10
- "Ooh, ooh, ooh!" grunted the Tartar, and suddenly lifting up his swarthy snub-nosed face with its high cheekbones, and baring his white teeth, he began to wriggle and twitch his body and utter piercing, ringing, and prolonged yells.†
Chpt 10
- When he had finished with the Tartar, whom they covered with an overcoat, the spectacled doctor came up to Prince Andrew, wiping his hands.†
Chpt 10
- On the sixth, which was his name day when the house would be full of visitors, Nicholas knew he would have to exchange his Tartar tunic for a tail coat, and put on narrow boots with pointed toes, and drive to the new church he had built, and then receive visitors who would come to congratulate him, offer them refreshments, and talk about the elections of the nobility; but he considered himself entitled to spend the eve of that day in his usual way.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(tartar as in: tartar on the teeth) calcified deposits on the teeth, formed by the continuous presence of dental plaque (also called calculous)