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Webster 1913 Edition
Tartan
Tar′tan
,Noun.
[F.
tiretane
linsey-woolsey, akin to Sp. tiritaña
a sort of thin silk; cf. Sp. tiritar
to shiver or shake with cold.] Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.
MacCullummore’s heart will be as cold as death can make it, when it does not warm to the
tartan
. Sir W. Scott.
The sight of the
tartan
inflamed the populace of London with hatred. Macaulay.
Tar′tan
,Noun.
[F.
tartane
, or Sp., Pg., or It. tartana
; all perhaps of Arabic origin.] (Naut.)
A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tartan
T`ARTAN
,Noun.