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Solution from evaporation of seawater or brine
Bittern (pl. bitterns), or nigari, is the salt solution formed when halite (table salt) precipitates from seawater or brines. Bitterns contain magnesium
Bittern_(salt)
Topics referred to by the same term
World War by the Royal Navy Bittern (salt), a waste product of solar salt operations rich in magnesium sulfate Operation Bittern, a British military operation
Bittern_(disambiguation)
Species of bird
The Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae. There
Eurasian_bittern
Role in human culture
Salt, also referred to as table salt or by its chemical formula NaCl (sodium chloride), is an ionic compound made of sodium and chloride ions. All life
History_of_salt
Lake in Kazakhstan
Teniz (Kazakh: Теңіз; Russian: Тениз) is a bittern salt lake in Yereymentau District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. Yereymentau lies 20 kilometers (12 mi)
Teniz,_Yereymentau_District
Lake in Kazakhstan
Teke (Kazakh: Теке; Russian: Теке) is a bittern salt lake in Ualikhanov District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies 36 kilometers (22 mi)
Teke_(lake)
Lake in Kazakhstan and Russia
(Kazakh: Боткөл; Russian: Боткуль) is a bittern salt lake in the Kazakhstan–Russia border. There is no salt mining at the lake. Its waters have a bitter
Botkul
Lake in Kazakhstan
Aralsor (Kazakh: Аралсор; Russian: Аралсор) is a bittern salt lake group in Bokey Orda District, West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies about
Aralsor
Lake in the country of Kazakhstan
Sarykopa (Kazakh: Сарықопа; Russian: Сарыкопа) is a bittern salt lake in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. Sarykopa lies in the steppe of the central sector
Sarykopa
Lake in the country of Russia
Lake Kuchuk or Kuchukskoye (Russian: Кучукское озеро) is a bittern salt lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Blagoveshchensky District
Lake_Kuchuk
Saltlake in Kazakhstan
Kalibek (Kazakh: Қалыбек; Russian: Калибек) is a bittern salt lake in Taiynsha District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Taiynsha town, the administrative
Kalibek
United States National Wildlife Reserve in San Francisco Bay
majority of the mineral rights on the salt ponds as of 2023. The commercial salt making process produces bittern, an extremely concentrated liquid byproduct
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Don_Edwards_San_Francisco_Bay_National_Wildlife_Refuge
Extinct species of heron
The New Zealand bittern (Botaurus novaezelandiae) is an extinct and enigmatic species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It was endemic to New Zealand and
New_Zealand_bittern
Lake in the country of Kazakhstan
meaning "Little Karoy" (Kazakh: Кіші Қараой; Russian: Киши-Карой), is a bittern salt lake in Akzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. The Kazakhstan–Russia
Kishi-Karoy
Species of bird
The black-backed bittern (Botaurus dubius), also known as the black-backed least bittern or Australian little bittern, is a little-known species of heron
Black-backed_bittern
Bittern salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
(Kazakh: Үлкен Әжболат; Russian: Большой Ажбулат, Bolshoy Azhbulat) is a bittern salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies 100
Ulken_Azhbolat
Salt mixture
During extraction of salt from seawater by evaporation, potassium salts get concentrated in bittern, an effluent from the salt industry. Potash deposits
Potash
Lake in the country of Kazakhstan
Kyzylkak (Kazakh: Қызылқақ; Russian: Кызылкак) is a bittern salt lake in Ertis District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies 14 kilometers (8.7 mi)
Kyzylkak
when salt manufacturers along the Ohio River Valley of Ohio and West Virginia began recovering bromine from the bittern brine left over after salt evaporation
Bromine production in the United States
Bromine_production_in_the_United_States
Hydrated double sulfate of magnesium and potassium
leonite, Groundwater penetrating bittern salt deposits can convert some to leonite, particularly in the cap regions of salt domes. Leonite was first found
Leonite
Extracting materials from saltwater
sea salt since prehistoric times, and more recently of magnesium and bromine. Potassium is sometimes recovered from the bittern left after salt precipitation
Brine_mining
Former manufacturing company in the UK
The New Cheshire Salt Works Ltd was a salt manufacturer formerly located in Wincham, north east of Northwich in Cheshire, UK. Run by the Stubbs family
New_Cheshire_Salt_Works
salt was collected. In theory the tray vessel could have been topped up with water roughly one hundred times before the concentration of the bittern impurities
Red_hill_(salt_making)
Change of shape of geological salt bodies submitted to stress
and vice versa. Experimental results show that rock salt has a higher viscosity compare with bittern and rhyolite lava, but lower viscosity than mud rock
Salt_deformation
Coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico
makes salt from seawater which is pumped into concentration ponds measuring 33,000 hectares. The salt plant creates an effluent called bittern (a liquor
Ojo_de_Liebre_Lagoon
Bird that lives on or around water
plus genus Phalaropus, within order Charadriiformes) Herons, egrets, bitterns, ibises, spoonbills, shoebills, and hamerkops (the rest of order Pelecaniformes)
Water_bird
Evaporite mineral
Iceland, and in salt lakes in western China. It has also been identified in Gusev Crater on Mars. It can also be produced from bittern remaining after
Kainite
American barrier island on the Atlantic coast
White-tailed deer Bottlenose dolphins Bald eagle Osprey Egret Heron Ibis Bittern Brown pelican American alligator Loggerhead sea turtle eastern diamondback
Capers_Island,_South_Carolina
Soy-based food used as a protein source
Unpressed bittern-gelled soft tofu is called sun-dubu (순두부; "mild tofu") in Korean. Soy milk is mixed with seawater, or saline water made with sea salt, so
Tofu
Lake in Victoria, Australia
Lake Tyrrell (also known as Lake Tyrrell Wildlife Reserve) is a shallow, salt-crusted depression in the Mallee district of north-west Victoria, in Australia
Lake_Tyrrell
American counter-culture poet (born 1943)
in 2011. Books: Coyote Highway, Least Bittern Books, Henry County, Kentucky, 2016 Pilgrim & Martel, Least Bittern Books, Henry County, Kentucky, 2015 The
Charles_Potts
Census town in Gujarat, India
engaged in the manufacture and sale of salt, has salt plants in Karaghoda. Recent studies have uncovered that the bitterns produced in Kharaghoda are rich in
Kharaghoda
Tidal saltmarsh in Canada
home to species such as the northern harrier (Circus hudsonius), American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), sora (Porzana carolina), muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Tantramar_Marshes
Removing positive ions from hard water
resin bed. Brine draw: Water is directed through a jet pump, which pulls salt water from the brine tank, before the water and brine pass through the resin
Water_softening
Chemical compound used in medicines and industry
Bei J. L. Schrag. pp. 405–. Noch ist es mir aber nicht geglückt, den bittern Bestandtheil der Weide, den ich Salicin nennen will, ganz frei von allem
Salicylic_acid
Ojibwa First Nation in Manitoba, Canada
foods such as hormones, antibiotics, tranquilizers, excessively high sugar, salt, and other additives, and even caffeine, nicotine and alcohol, could cause
Poplar_River_First_Nation
River in Florida, United States
of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. Its salt marshes were an important resource for the Native people who lived around
Moses_Creek
Australian salt lake
the Salinibacter ruber bacteria. A rest-stop overlooks the lake's basin. Salt has been harvested from the lake since the 1860s and on average 20 tonnes
Pink_Lake_(Victoria)
Chemical compound
increased by then treating the solution with bittern, a magnesium-rich solution that is a byproduct of making salt from sea water. Roasting struvite releases
Ammonia
Area of low lying land in eastern England
of the project hope to encourage species such as the snipe, lapwing and bittern. Endangered species such as the fen violet will be seeded. The Fens Waterways
The_Fens
Lake in Australia
St Leonards Salt Lagoon is a former marine embayment, isolated by coastal deposition from Port Phillip Bay, at St Leonards, Victoria, Australia. It now
St_Leonards_Salt_Lagoon
Species of turtles
same predators attack them, as well as herons (mostly great blue herons), bitterns, hawks, owls, fishers, American bullfrogs, large fish, and snakes. Some
Common_snapping_turtle
Salt lake in South Australia
magnesium and potassium salts. The final liquors, known as bitterns, are drained away from the salt, which is then harvested. At Lake Bumbunga, brine is pumped
Lake_Bumbunga
Paxton in Big Love Enoch Drebber in A Study in Scarlet Bluebeard Barkis Bittern in Corpse Bride Polack Historically, the Pole is a resistance fighter defending
List_of_stock_characters
Ignacio Hamilton Altona Amherst Annapolis Royal Antigonish Arviat Barrie Bittern Lake Bonnyville Borden-Carleton Brantford Burgeo Cambridge, Ontario Cambridge
Gallery of city flags in North America
Gallery_of_city_flags_in_North_America
Protected area in Carmarthenshire, Wales
bunting (Emberiza schoeniculus) and water rail (Rallus aquaticus). Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) visit in winter. 19 hectares (47 acres) of the site
Gwernydd_Penbre
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England
of reedbeds in North West England, and is an Important Bird Area. The bittern, one of the resident species, has been adopted as the logo of the AONB
Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape
Arnside_and_Silverdale_National_Landscape
Mexican salt production company
Exportadora de Sal S.A. (abbreviated as ESSA) is a Mexican company dedicated to salt production through solar evaporation of sea water in the Ojo de Liebre Lagoon
Exportadora_de_Sal_S.A.
Wetland nature reserve in Somerset, England
was constructed originally to provide reed bed habitat for the Eurasian bittern, which at the time was at a very low population level in the UK. The site
Ham_Wall
Steppe lake in Central Europe
Eurasian curlew, western yellow wagtail, short-eared owl, Montagu's harrier, bittern and many others which are of interest to local and visiting birdwatchers
Lake_Neusiedl
Nature reserve in Lincolnshire, England
first time the bird has bred in Lincolnshire for over 400 years. Eurasian bittern was filmed at the site for the first time in 2016. Several bird species
Willow_Tree_Fen
Wildlife refuge in Kansas, United States
blackbirds flying into the sunset Great blue heron with a fish American bittern List of Kansas state parks List of lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Quivira_National_Wildlife_Refuge
Species of mammal
farther south along the Atlantic coast. The western meadow vole, Florida salt marsh vole, and beach vole were formerly considered regional variants or
Eastern_meadow_vole
Genus of large water birds with a throat pouch
are placed in the order Pelecaniformes. Ibises, spoonbills, herons, and bitterns have been classified in the same order. They are thought to have evolved
Pelican
Bay in Swansea, Wales
little grebe and wildfowl, as well as the occasional wintering great bittern. Submarine cables leave the mainland of Britain from Oxwich. These include
Oxwich_Bay
Genus of archaea
or halite, and then to a concentrated magnesium chloride brine termed bittern. During the final stage of halite formation, before magnesium chloride
Haloquadratum
Wetland in Sabah, Malaysia
and well-vegetated lakes outside Antarctica and Australasia; Cinnamon bittern, a breeding bird in tropical Asia, some northern birds migrate in short
Kota_Kinabalu_Wetland_Centre
Chemical element with atomic number 12 (Mg)
"Evaluation of the Purity of Magnesium Hydroxide Recovered from Saltwork Bitterns". Water. 15 (1): 29. Bibcode:2022Water..15...29B. doi:10.3390/w15010029
Magnesium
River in Florida, United States
flows generally eastward through hardwood hammock, estuarine habitats and salt marsh into the Matanzas River, a saltwater estuary that is part of the Intracoastal
Moultrie_Creek
Protected area in Portugal
estuary nesting birds include red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), little egret (Egretta garzetta) and purple heron
Tagus_Estuary_Natural_Reserve
Wildlife preserve in California, US
bufflehead, desert woodrat, flat-tail horned lizard, leaf-nosed bat, least bittern, osprey, lesser scaup and snowy egret. Loggerhead shrike, northern harrier
Dos_Palmas_Preserve
Village in Norfolk, England
and Great Yarmouth. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport
Salthouse
Species of halotolerant archaea
magnesium saturation in these ecosystems, what is also referred to as bitterns, are most often found with very little to no life present. H. walsbyi is
Haloquadratum_walsbyi
Ships that were lost or scuttled along the coast
located but could not be identified. These may have included A.H. Stevens, Bittern, Il Nazareno, Kingston, and Timor. Although documents were available which
Shipwrecks_of_Cape_Town
Species of bird
coastal saltwater marshes and across the Florida peninsula. In salt marsh areas, least bitterns will often associate with and make mixed colonies with grackles
Boat-tailed_grackle
Liquid by-product of animal metabolism
increased by then treating the solution with bittern, a magnesium-rich solution that is a byproduct of making salt from sea water. Roasting struvite releases
Urine
Wilderness area in Massachusetts, United States
seen in the Monomoy Wilderness are grebes, shearwaters, petrels, gannets, bitterns, egrets, herons, swans, geese, ducks, and the endangered piping plover
Monomoy_Wilderness
State park in Illinois, United States
pileated woodpecker, red-winged blackbird, great blue heron, and least bittern are the most commonly seen. A birding checklist is available at the park
Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Kickapoo_State_Recreation_Area
Species of fluke
of its definitive hosts. Hosts recorded in the wild include the least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), great blue heron
Ascocotyle_pindoramensis
National park in South Australia
red-necked avocet, pied oystercatcher and red-capped plover. Australasian bitterns have been recorded. It has also supported significant numbers of orange-bellied
Coorong_National_Park
Wildlife reserve in New Zealand
the Australasian bittern, curlew sandpiper, and red-necked stint. Today, it is an important nesting site for Australasian bitterns and is one of the
Yarrs_Flat_Wildlife_Reserve
Largest lake in Colombia
for several threatened or endangered bird species, including the least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis bogotensis), the Colombian ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis
Lake_Tota
Pickle in Chinese cuisine
pickles. Fermented pickles are firstly soaked in salted water for fermentation and then add bittern or solution in it. The solid materials are less than
Pao_cai
Species of bird
Australian Museum. 36 (1): 83–107. McKilligan, Neil (2005). Herons, Egrets and Bitterns. CSIRO Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 0-643-09133-5. "White-faced heron". www
White-faced_heron
Nature preserve in Boynton Beach, Florida
egret, white ibis, common gallinule, roseate spoonbill, glossy ibis, least bittern, limpkin, mottled duck, northern rough-winged swallow, northern flicker
Green_Cay_Wetlands
Twelve species have been recorded in Utah. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (O) Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
List_of_birds_of_Utah
munia), scaly-breasted munia, red munia, paddyfield pipit, yellow bittern, black bittern, purple-rumped sunbird, purple sunbird, clamorous reed-warbler,
Birding_in_Chennai
US Navy battleship sunk in 1941
"uSS Utah survivor reunited with shipmates, interred aboard ship". KSL.com. Salt Lake City, Utah: KSL Broadcasting. Retrieved 9 June 2025. Utah state capitol
USS_Utah_(BB-31)
Lake in Victoria, Australia
technical assessments and modelling of surface water/groundwater interactions. Salt is believed to be stored in the shallow sediments under the lakes. However
Lake_Tutchewop
Animated television series
case of a mysterious sound, but when they find the culprit they soon find they have other matters to deal with. Fact File(s): Scorpion; American bittern
The_Creature_Cases
Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy
Capillo, Nisqually, USS Penguin, HMS Peterel, Ravnaas 10 Dec: HMS Banka, USS Bittern, I-70, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Repulse, Takao Maru, No. 10, USS YP-16
USS_Nevada_(BB-36)
Lake in Kazakhstan
Karatau ranges, north of the Tien Shan. The lake is shallow and its water is bittern salty, with a concentration that can become very high in certain seasons
Tuzkol,_Raiymbek_District
Lake or swamp in Victoria, Australia
white-winged black tern. The lake is a stronghold of the endangered Australasian bittern. The lake and its associated wetlands are part of the Bellarine Wetlands
Reedy_Lake
Major north-south flyway for migratory birds in North America
green heron, great egret, black-crowned night heron, Virginia rail, sora, bitterns, common moorhen and pied-billed grebes. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Atlantic_Flyway
More than 85 different kinds of birds, including rare black bittern, cinnamon bittern, black-winged kite, white-bellied sea eagle, pied kingfisher,
List of tourist attractions in Chennai
List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Chennai
Village in Norfolk, England
reserve in Britain. Among resident breeding birds are avocet, bearded tit, bittern, marsh harrier and spoonbill. Winter visitors include brent goose, Eurasian
Cley_next_the_Sea
Coastal village in Norfolk, England
nearest railway station is at Sheringham, two villages to the east for the Bittern line to Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich Airport. Blakeney Tower
Blakeney,_Norfolk
1977 Australian film
cloak, nearly getting killed. Pursued by a pack of dingoes, a flock of bitterns rescue them by squawking loudly, causing the dingoes to flee and the tribe
Dot_and_the_Kangaroo_(film)
Swiss built multiple unit passenger trainset
20-mile-per-hour (32 km/h) speed restriction over five level crossings on the Bittern Line. On 24 August 2023, a FLIRT ER160-22 operated by Masovian Railways
Stadler_FLIRT
Protected area in Campeche, Mexico
(Falco rufigularis), ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum), least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), reddish egret (Egretta rufescens), blue-winged teal
Los_Petenes_Biosphere_Reserve
significance, where ca. 200 bird species have been observed, including the little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), the black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Gulf_of_Koper
conducted in Japan in 2008 with 16 male volunteers examining the effect of bitterns standardized on magnesium in a two-way, randomized cross-over study. The
Deep_ocean_minerals
Protected area in New Mexico, US
water birds can be found, including such New Mexico rarities as the least bittern and occasionally the little blue heron. Late November to mid February is
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Bosque_del_Apache_National_Wildlife_Refuge
Holiday resort and village in South Africa
the southern Cape coast of South Africa. Nature's Valley lies between the Salt River, the foothills of the Tsitsikamma Mountains, the Indian Ocean and the
Nature's_Valley
Lake in Victoria, Australia
Butchers Lake is a small salt lake of the Corangamite catchment, located north of Lake Beeac and south of Lake Cundare, in the south-western lakes district
Butchers_Lake
English biologist and philosopher (1887–1975)
on the island, called Bird City. There Huxley found egrets, herons and bitterns. These water birds, like the grebes, exhibit mutual courtship, with the
Julian_Huxley
River in England – third-longest in the UK
and common teal. Wading birds such as Eurasian oystercatcher and great bittern have also been observed at the reserve; as have kingfishers, reed warblers
River_Trent
Village in Norfolk, England
Great Yarmouth. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line, which runs between Sheringham, Cromer, and Norwich. The parish was
Sea_Palling
Wood duck According to Birdwatching Magazine, the great horned owl, least bittern, prothonotary warbler, red-headed woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, and "the
Maple_River_State_Game_Area
Ship Year of Sinking Year of Commission USS Tanager (AM-5) 1942 1918 USS Bittern (AM-36) 1942 1919 USS Osprey (AM-56) 1944 1940 USS Skylark (AM-63) 1945
List of sunken U.S. Navy ships
List_of_sunken_U.S._Navy_ships
BITTERN SALT
BITTERN SALT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to a bittern, perhaps in the booming quality of the voice, from Middle English, Old French butor ‘bittern’ (a word of obscure etymology).English and German : metonymic occupational name for a dairyman or seller of butter, from Old English butere ‘butter’, Middle High German buter.German : possibly a short form of any of the various compound names formed with Butter ‘butter’ (see 2).
Boy/Male
German
Desire
Boy/Male
German
Knight; Chivalrous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Batt (1 or 2).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Mitton.
Boy/Male
British, English
Cute
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French boterie ‘buttery’ (Late Latin botaria, a derivative of bota ‘cask’), hence a metonymic occupational name for the keeper of a buttery. The term originally denoted a store for liquor but soon came to mean a store for provisions in general.
Boy/Male
English
Wise wamor.
Male
Basque
, conqueror.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Butter 1.English : occupational name for a servant working in a wine cellar, Norman French boterie (see Buttery), with the Middle English genitive -s.German : variant of Butter 2.
Boy/Male
German
Knight.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob’, ‘lump’.English : possibly a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Old Norse botn ‘valley bottom’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Botton in Lancashire or Botton Cross in North Yorkshire.Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms named Botn, Botten, or Botnen, from Old Norse botn ‘small valley’, ‘valley end’. Compare Botner.
Girl/Female
Latin
Victor.
Boy/Male
Basque Latin
Conquers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Litton.
Boy/Male
German
Desire
Surname or Lastname
Jewish
Jewish : unexplained.English : habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bitton. The place takes its name from the Boyd river, a Celtic river name of uncertain origin + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, ‘farmstead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brittain.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a pit or hollow (see Pitt) + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.German : variant of Peter.Jewish (from Ukraine) : metonymic occupational nanme from Yiddish dialect piter ‘butter’. Compare Putterman.
Surname or Lastname
Translation of French Lemieux.English
Translation of French Lemieux.English : nickname from Old English bētere ‘fighter’, ‘beater’. Reaney suggests it may also be a short form of the various occupational names ending with -better, for example Leadbetter.German (Bavarian) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of rosaries, from Bavarian better ‘rosary’ (from beten ‘to pray’).
BITTERN SALT
BITTERN SALT
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon English
Name of a king.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hearn 4.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Son of Ilvila
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Morning
Girl/Female
Hindu
Beauty and intelligent
Surname or Lastname
Respelling of German Ehlers.English
Respelling of German Ehlers.English : habitational name from High and Low Ellers in West Yorkshire, named from Old English alras, plural of alor ‘alder’.
Male
Danish
, ornamental bear.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Grief or strength or iniquity of him.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Part of the Sky
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Spear.
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v. t.
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
adv.
In a bitter manner.
n.
A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.
n. pl.
A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.
a.
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
a.
Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
n.
The bittern.
v. i.
To play on gittern.
v. i.
To produce a litter.
v. t.
Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
n.
The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
n.
See Cittern.
a.
Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.
v. t.
Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.
v. t.
To make bitter.
n.
Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.
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.
a.
Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
a.
Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.
n.
See Cittern.