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(b) A thick
creamy emulsion of lime in water. -- Cream of
tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so
called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the
surface of the liquor in the process of purification by
recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a
gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of
baking powders; -- called also potassium bitartrate,
acid potassium tartrate, etc.

Cream, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Creamed (kr?md); p. pr. & vb.
n. Creaming.] 1. To skim,
or take off by skimming, as cream.

2. To take off the best or choicest part
of.

3. To furnish with, or as with,
cream.

Creaming the fragrant cups.

Mrs. Whitney.

To cream butter (Cooking), to
rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy
consistency.

Cream, v. i. To form or become
covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the
appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to
mantle.

There are a sort of men whose visages

Do cream and mantle like a standing pool.

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