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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bittern'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bittern.html. 1828.
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