noun. In salt-works, the brine remaining after the salt is concreted.

noun. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, licorice, tobacco, etc., used for adulterating beer. Also called bittering.

noun. A European wading bird, of the family Ardeidæ and subfamily Botaurinæ; the Botaurus stellaris, a kind of heron.

noun. Any heron of the subfamily Botaurinæ.

noun. The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.

noun. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.

noun. A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.

noun. The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).

noun. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.

noun. Several bird species in the heron family Ardeidae.

noun. One species tending to have a relatively short neck in comparison with the other members of the family.

noun. relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes