2. Verb. (third-person singular of tartan) ¹
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Definition of Tartans
1. tartan [n] - See also: tartan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tartans
Literary usage of Tartans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1842)
"In this volume, the tartans of each of the great feudal families of Scotland are
... Its splendid illustrations are embla- zonings of these tartans in every ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"There are also two tartans which do not belong to any family; ... Of the total
tartans about one-half are of red ground and one-half are black, ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1892)
"It contains a map showing Scotland divided into clans in the sixteenth century,
and ninety-six plates of tartans with a short account of each clan, ..."
4. Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1883)
"WHERE THE HIGHLAND tartans WAVE. Men are found endowed with feeling, Love and
friendship ever crave Where the Highland tartans wave, A home in every lonely ..."
5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"It may be chequered or not; but the English use of the word in such a compound
as Scotch-plaids, meaning chequered cloth, is a blunder for Scotch tartans. ..."
6. The Celtic Magazine (1881)
"REGIMENTAL tartans.—A large and influental committee of the Gaelic Society is
organising a public meeting to be held in Inverness on Friday, 4th March, ..."
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