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Definition of Tartnesses
1. tartness [n] - See also: tartness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tartnesses
Literary usage of Tartnesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Summary of the Powers and Duties of a Justice of the Peace in Scotland: In by George Tait (1821)
"How tartnesses examined.—A witness in a criminal trial must always be sworn; even
a peer. A quaker cannot be received, unless he will swear. ..."
2. The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography;: Embracing a History of by Royal Robbins (1833)
"They were hunted down like wild beasts, or burnt alive in their thickets and
tartnesses. Some of the islands were nearly depopulated. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Tennessee Supreme Court, Joseph Brown Heiskell, Jere Baxter, Benjamin James Lea, George Wesley Pickle, Charles Theodore Cates, Frank Marian Thompson, Charles Le Sueur Cornelius, Roy Hood Beeler, George F. McCanless, David M. Pack (1914)
"He denies that he had any such connection, and the tartnesses for the State
expressly disclaim any knowledge that he did have. ..."
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