Definition of bittern

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Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..

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Trombone :: Trombone (n.) The common European bittern.
Bill :: Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
Bump :: Bump (n.) The noise made by the bittern.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Bump :: Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom..
Butterbump :: Butterbump (n.) The European bittern.
Bittern :: Bittern (a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer..
Bitternut :: Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
Bittern :: Bittern (a.) The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains..
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..
Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..
Bittor Bittour :: Bittor Bittour (n.) The bittern.
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
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.
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..
Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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..
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