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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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..
Acridness :: Acridness (n.) The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming..
Bittern :: Bittern (a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer..
Sunblink :: Sunbird (n.) The sun bittern.
Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain..
Bump :: Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom..
Trombone :: Trombone (n.) The common European 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..
Bitternut :: Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
Butterbump :: Butterbump (n.) The European bittern.
Bitterful :: Bitterful (a.) Full of bitterness.
Rue :: Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..
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..
Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..
Virulency :: Virulency (n.) Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
Bittor Bittour :: Bittor Bittour (n.) The bittern.
Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects..
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