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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English argoile, from Anglo-French argoil Date: 14th century crude tartar deposited in wine casks during aging

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. crude potassium hydrogen tartrate. Etymology: ME f. AF argoile, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tartar Tar"tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., & It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic origin.] 1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc. 2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime. Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream. Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Argol Ar"gol, n. [Cf. Argal, Orgal. Of unknown origin.] Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks. --Ure.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Tartar (crude), bitartrate of potash, wine-stone. [Also spelled Argal.]