Tartaryn.
/ˈtɑːtəri/ 1. † b. = tartar n.3
a. The country of the Tartars: see Tartar n.2
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > land of Tartars
Tartaryc1369
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1025 Ne sende men..into Tartarye..ne in-to Turkye.
a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 56 Me thocht a Turk of Tartary Come out of the land of Barbary.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 317 A Part of the Great Karakathaie, or Grand Tartary.
1886 T. L. Kington-Oliphant New Eng. I. 536 From Tartary came hordas.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > from specific place > from the East
tartarin1343
Tartaryc1400
tartar1473
atlas1687
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxiii. 247 Þei ben cloþed with precious cloþes of Tartarye & of cloþes of gold.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology
helleOE
Acherona1393
the shadows1490
Tartara1525
Tartarus1586
Tartaryc1588
the shades1594
Hades1599
c1588 E. Spenser Virgils Gnat 543 Lastly the squalid lakes of Tartarie, And griesly Feends of hell him terrifie.
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. F4 Let the black tormenters of deepe Tartary Vpbraide them with this damned enterprise.
c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. lxxxviii. 735 Amonge ye blacker sonnes of Tartary, Seu'n hideous fiery sprights shee euocates.
Compounds
Tartary oat n. a wild oat, Avena fatua, which has a loose inflorescence.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > wild oat
oateOE
wild oat?a1500
haver1684
Tartary oat1790
onion twitch1875
onion couch1880
onion grass1880
1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 193/2 I have lately met with the Tartary oats, which..differ in their manner of growing.
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xviii. 260 The straw is not so long or of such good quality as the straw of the Tartary Oat.
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