What is the brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains called?
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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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