What does "bittern" mean?
Bittern: The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
Additional senses
- 2.A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer. Cooley.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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