Obs. Also 6 Tartare. [a. F. tartare, or ad. L. Tartarus, a. Gr. Τάρταρος.] TARTARUS; the infernal regions; hell. Also attrib.
1500–20. Dunbar, Poems, lxxxvi. 20. Tryumphand tempill of the Trinite, That turned us fra Tartar eternall.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., IV. ii. 32. He’s in Tartar limbo, worse then hell.
1591. Spenser, M. Hubberd, 1294. His snakie wand, With which the damned ghosts he governeth, And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth.
1601. Shaks., Twel. N., II. v. 225. If you wil see it follow me. To. To the gates of Tartar, thou most excellent diuell of wit.
