Tart (?), a. [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.
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Tart, n. [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 L. tortus, p.p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.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.]
A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
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