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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Bumble :: Bumble (n.) The bittern.
Booming :: Booming (n.) The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns..
Bumble :: Bumble (v. i.) To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming..
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..
Bitterful :: Bitterful (a.) Full of bitterness.
Bump :: Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom..
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..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
Bitterbump :: Bitterbump (n.) the butterbump or bittern.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Disimbitter :: Disimbitter (v. t.) To free from bitterness.
Sunblink :: Sunbird (n.) The sun bittern.
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..
Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..
Bill :: Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
Bump :: Bump (n.) The noise made by the bittern.
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..
Acridness :: Acridness (n.) The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech..
Virulency :: Virulency (n.) Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
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