bittern.
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
Meaning & usage
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bitour, botor, from Old French butor, from Gallo-Roman *butitaurus, a blend of Latin būtiō (“bittern”) and taurus (“bull, ox”).
The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the production of tofu.
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
Where this word comes from
From bitter with an unclear suffix, perhaps a dialect form of -ing.
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