Definition of bittern

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Bittern (a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer..

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Virulency :: Virulency (n.) Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
Sunblink :: Sunbird (n.) The sun bittern.
Rue :: Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Bittern :: Bittern (a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer..
Bitterful :: Bitterful (a.) Full of bitterness.
Bittor Bittour :: Bittor Bittour (n.) The bittern.
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners..
Ericius :: Ericius (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the Authorized Version is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine..
Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..
Disimbitter :: Disimbitter (v. t.) To free from bitterness.
Amaritude :: Amaritude (n.) Bitterness.
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter..
Bittering :: Bittering (n.) A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.
Gall :: Gall (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
Bitternut :: Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind..
Bile :: Bile (n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile..
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