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Webster 1913 Edition

Tart

Tart

,
Adj.
[AS.
teart
. √63. Cf.
Tear
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour;
as, a
tart
apple
.
2.
Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe;
as, a
tart
reply;
tart
language; a
tart
rebuke.
Why art thou
tart
, my brother?
Bunyan.

Tart

,
Noun.
[OE.
tarte
, F.
tarte
; perhaps originally the same word as
tourte
, LL.
torta
, fr. L.
tortus
, p. p. of
torquere
to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape. Cf.
Torture
,
Noun.
]
A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tart

T`ART

, a.
1.
Acid; sharp to the taste; acidulous; as a tart apple.
2.
Sharp; keen; severe; as a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.

T`ART

,
Noun.
[L. tortus, twisted; and this may be the primary sense of tar, acid, sharp, and hence this noun, something acid or made of acid fruit.] A species of pie or pastry, consisting of fruit baked on paste.

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