Tart (?), a. [AS. teart. √63. Cf. Tear, v. t.] 1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
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2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
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Why art thou tart, my brother? Bunyan.
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