Webster's Dictionary 1913

2890

Bitten

Bit″ten (�), p. p. of Bite.

2891

Bitten (2)

Bit″ten (�), a.(Bot.) Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.

2892

Bitter

Bit″ter (�), n. [See Bitts.] (Naut.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship ...

2893

Bitter (2)

Bit″ter (�), a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel. bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E. bite. See Bite, v. t.] 1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting t...

2894

Bitter (3)

Bit″ter (�), n. Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

2895

Bitter (4)

Bit″ter, v. t. To make bitter. Wolcott.

2896

Bitter spar

Bit″ter spar″ (�). A common name of dolomite; — so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite.

2897

Bitterbump

Bit″ter‐bump′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) the butterbump or bittern.

2898

Bitterful

Bit″ter‐ful (�), a. Full of bitterness.

2899

Bittering

Bit″ter‐ing, n. A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

2900

Bitterish

Bit″ter‐ish, a. Somewhat bitter. Goldsmith.

2901

Bitterling

Bit″ter‐ling (�), n.(Zoöl.) A roachlike European fish (Rhodima amarus).

2902

Bitterly

Bit″ter‐ly, adv. In a bitter manner.

2903

Bittern

Bit″tern (�), n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. butor; of unknown origin.] (Zoöl.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.☞ The comm...

2904

Bittern (2)

Bit″tern, n. [From Bitter, a.] 1. 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 ...

2905

Bitterness

Bit″ter‐ness (�), n. [AS. biternys; biter better + -nys = -ness.] 1. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacablene...

2906

Bitternut

Bit″ter‐nut″, n.(Bot.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.

2907

Bitterroot

Bit″ter‐root′ (�), n.(Bot.) A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the ...

2908

Bitters

Bit″ters (�), n. pl. A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.

2909

Bittersweet

Bit″ter‐sweet′ (�), a. Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

2910

Bittersweet (2)

Bit″ter‐sweet′, n. 1. Anything which is bittersweet.2. A kind of apple so called. Gower.3. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody ni...

2911

Bitterweed

Bit″ter‐weed′ (�), n.(Bot.) A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisiæfolia); Roman worm wood. Gray.

2912

Bitterwood

Bit″ter‐wood′ (�), n. A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

2913

Bitterwort

Bit″ter‐wort′ (�), n.(Bot.) The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.

2914

Bittock

Bit″tock (�), n. [See Bit a morsel.] A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance. Sir W. Scott.

2915

Bittor Bittour

{ Bit″tor Bit″tour } (�), n. [See Bittern] (Zoöl.) The bittern. Dryden.

2916

Bitts

Bitts (�), n. pl. [Cf. F. bitte, Icel. biti, a beam. �87.] (Naut.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables ...