Chem. [f. TARTAR sb.1 + -IZE.] trans. To treat or impregnate with tartar; to rectify by means of the salt of tartar.

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  (Usually in pa. pple.: see TARTARIZED pa. pple.1)

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1706.  Phillips (ed. 6), To Tartarize, (in Chymistry) to refine, or purify by the means of Salt of Tartar.

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1727–41.  Chambers, Cycl., Tartarizing, a term used by some writers, for the act of refining or purifying, by means of salt of Tartar.

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1755.  Johnson, Tartarize, to impregnate with tartar.

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