bittern
nounEtymology
From Middle English bitour, botor, from Old French butor, from Gallo-Roman *butitaurus, a blend of Latin būtiō (“bittern”) and taurus (“bull, ox”).
- inherited from bitour
Definitions
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water…
The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the…
The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the production of tofu.
- Now we add the bittern.
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A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in…
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA