BITTERN
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Bit"tern (&unr_;), n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. butor; of unknown origin.] (Zo&ö;l.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
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&hand_; The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
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The name is applied to other related birds, as the least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the sun bittern.
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Bit"tern, n. [From Bitter, a.] 1. The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
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2. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer. Cooley.
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