Part 1153

<h1>Bitterish</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"ter*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat bitter.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Bitterling</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"ter*ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A roachlike European fish (<spn>Rhodima amarus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Bitterly</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"ter*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a bitter manner.</def>

<h1>Bittern</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bitoure</ets>, <ets>betore</ets>, <ets>bitter</ets>, fr. F. <ets>butor</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wading bird of the genus <spn>Botaurus</spn>, allied to the herons, of various species.</def>

<note>&hand; The common European bittern is <spn>Botaurus stellaris</spn>. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is <spn>B. lentiginosus</spn>, and is also called <altname>stake-driver</altname> and <altname>meadow hen</altname>. See <er>Stake-driver</er>.</note>

<note>The name is applied to other related birds, as the <altname>least bittern</altname> (<spn>Ardetta exilis</spn>), and the <altname>sun bittern</altname>.</note>

<h1>Bittern</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"tern</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Bitter</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.</def>

<i>Cooley.</i>

<h1>Bitterness</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"ter*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>biternys</ets>; <ets>biter</ets> better + <ets>-nys</ets> = <ets>-ness</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.</def>

<blockquote>The lip that curls with <b>bitterness</b>. <i>Percival.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I will complain in the <b>bitterness</b> of my soul. <i> Job vii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.</def>

<blockquote>Thou art in the gall of <b>bitterness</b>, and in the bond of iniquity. <i>Acts viii. 23.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.</def>

<blockquote>Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of <b>bitterness</b> springing up trouble you. <i>Heb. xii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bitternut</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"ter*nut"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The swamp hickory (<spn>Carya amara</spn>). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.</def>

<h1>Bitterroot</h1> <Xpage=149>

<hw>Bit"ter*root`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Lewisia rediviva</spn>) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river <i>Sp\'91t'lum</i>.</def>

<h1>Bitters</h1> <Xpage=149>