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Bittern
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(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.
(2):
(a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
(3):
(n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bittern'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bittern.html. 1828.