See Also: tart(medicine)
tart(1)(dictionary)
tart(2)(dictionary)
tart(3)(dictionary)
tart(4)(dictionary)
tart cell(medicine)
Beetroot tart(recipes)
Fig and Honey Tart(recipes)
Leek Tart(recipes)
Linzer Tart(recipes)

EUNUCH (law) and tart (medicine)


EUNUCH (law)


EUNUCH. A male whose organs of generation have been so far removed or disorganized, that he is rendered incapable of reproducing his species. disorganized, that he is rendered incapable of reproducing his species. Domat, Lois Civ. liv. prel. tit. 2, s. 1, n. 10. Domat, Lois Civ. liv. prel. tit. 2, s. 1, n. 10.

tart (medicine)


tart


1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.

2. Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke. "Why Art thou tart, my brother?" (Bunyan)

Origin: AS. Teart. 63. Cf. Tear.

A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Origin: 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 L. Tortus, p.p. Of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.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.

Source: Websters Dictionary