Definition of Bittering

1. n. A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

Definition of Bittering

1. Noun. A bitter compound used in adulterating beer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bittering

1. bitter [v] - See also: bitter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bittering

bitter principle
bitter principles
bitter salts
bitter spar
bitter tonic
bitter water
bitterbrush
bitterbrushes
bitterbump
bittercress
bittercresses
bittered
bitterer
bitterest
bitterful
bittering
bitterings
bitterish
bitterling
bitterlings
bitterly
bittern
bitterness
bitternesses
bitterns
bitternut
bitternut hickory
bitternuts
bitterroot
bitterroots

Literary usage of Bittering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk by Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin (1808)
"In the 30th of that King there was an exchange made between Richard Page of Bucklow in Suffolk, and Henry, son of Hanton of Bittering, whereby Page grants ..."

2. Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of ...by Great Britain Ordnance Survey by Great Britain Ordnance Survey (1886)
"INDEX TO PLACES IN THK PARISH OF BEESTON WITH Bittering. COUNTY OF NORFOLK. LONDON: Printed hy Er it i- and ..."

3. History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the by William White (1845)
"Hankinson, and several smaller owners, parish of Bittering Magna was divided ... Bittering PARVA, or Little Bittering, 51 miles W. by 1 of East Dereham, ..."

4. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1871)
"In the first place, Mr. Bittering was a loud-talking, self-conceited man, ... We sat waiting for Mr. Bittering and we departed when he left. ..."

5. A Text-book of the Science of Brewing by Edward Ralph Moritz, George Harris Morris (1891)
"Among these is Lermer, who claims to have separated a crystalline bitter acid from hops, to which he attributes its bittering ..."

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