Tart \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   torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally
   made of a twisted shape.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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	Tart \Tart\, a. [AS. teart. [root]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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	tart
     adj 1: tasting sour like a lemon [syn: lemony, lemonlike, sourish,
             tangy]
     2: harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart
        remark" [syn: sharp, sharp-worded]
     n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute,
           cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, cyprian, fancy
          woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of
          pleasure, woman of the street]
     2: a small open pie with a fruit filling
     3: pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top
        crust

	

	149 Moby Thesaurus words for "tart":
   Danish pastry, French pastry, Jezebel, abusive, acerb, acerbate,
   acerbic, acescent, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulated,
   acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, amaroidal, astringent,
   bad woman, baggage, baklava, barbed, bimbo, bitch, biting, bitter,
   bitter as gall, blintz, broad, caustic, chippy, chocolate eclair,
   clitoromaniac, coarse, cocotte, corroding, corrosive, courtesan,
   crab, crabbed, cream puff, crusty, cutting, cynical, double-edged,
   dowdy, doxy, drab, dry, easy lay, easy woman, eclair, edged,
   escharotic, fallen woman, fierce, fille de joie, flan, floozy,
   frail sister, green, grisette, hard, harlot, harridan, harsh,
   hooker, hussy, hysteromaniac, incisive, jade, keen, loose woman,
   mordacious, mordant, nasty, nymph, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac,
   pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie, patty, patty-shell,
   penetrating, pickled, pickup, pie, piercing, piquant, poignant,
   prostitute, puff, pungent, quean, quiche, rigorous, rosette, rough,
   sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, scathing, scorching, sec, severe,
   sharp, slut, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, stabbing,
   stinging, streetwalker, strident, stringent, strudel, strumpet,
   tangy, tartish, testy, timbale, tipsy cake, trenchant, trifle,
   trollop, trull, turnover, unripe, unsweet, unsweetened,
   uteromaniac, vehement, vicious, vinegarish, vinegary, violent,
   virulent, vitriolic, vol-au-vent, wanton, wench, whore, withering,
   working girl