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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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..
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..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
Bumble :: Bumble (v. i.) To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern..
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners..
Amaritude :: Amaritude (n.) Bitterness.
Bitterbump :: Bitterbump (n.) the butterbump or bittern.
Bittering :: Bittering (n.) A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.
Bumble :: Bumble (n.) The bittern.
Boom :: Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming..
Bump :: Bump (n.) The noise made by the bittern.
Bitterful :: Bitterful (a.) Full of bitterness.
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Bittor Bittour :: Bittor Bittour (n.) The bittern.
Bittern :: Bittern (a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer..
Stakehead :: Stake-driver (n.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen..
Gall :: Gall (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..
Butterbump :: Butterbump (n.) The European bittern.
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