Category:Tart

Tart, a. Etym: [as. teart. *63. Cf. Tear, v. t.]

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

2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart Rebuke. Why art thou tart, my brother bunyan.

Tart Tart, n. Etym: [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 L. tortus, p.p. of torquere to twist, bend, Wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.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, n.]

Defn: a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing Jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.