Helen Fenton

Bittern: Definition and part of speech

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Bittern

  1. a. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
  2. n. A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
  3. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bistort: Definition and part of speech

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Bistort

  1. n. An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bistoury: Definition and part of speech

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Bistoury

  1. n. A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.