BITTERN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.

2.
n.

The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.

3.
n.

A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer. Cooley.


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