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Meaning of 'bittern' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bittern [ 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 very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
2 . Bittern [ n.]
- A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.

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