Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, May 5th, 2024
the <>Sixth Sunday after Easter
the <>Sixth Sunday after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Bittern
Webster's Dictionary
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(1):
(a.) The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
(2):
(a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
(3):
(n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bittern'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bittern.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bittern'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bittern.html. 1828.
