bitter-bump

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• Bump

  ·noun A thump; a heavy blow. II. Bump ·noun The noise made by the bittern. III. Bump ·noun A swell...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bitter

  ·vt To make bitter. II. Bitter ·noun AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. III. Bitter ·v...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bitter

  Bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude (Ex. 1:14; Ruth 1:20; Jer. 9:15). The ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bitter

  Any turn of a cable about the bitts is called a bitter. Hence a ship is "brought up to a bitter" whe...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• butter-bump

  a bittern. S. Called in the North a MIRE-DRUM. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bottle-bump

  The bittern, so called on our east coast. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bump, to

  To bump a boat, is to pull astern of her in another, and insultingly or inimically give her the stem...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bump-ashore

  Running stem-on to a beach or bank. A ship bumps by the action of the waves lifting and dropping her...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• butter-bump

  A name of the bittern in the north. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bitter spar

  ·- A common name of dolomite; — so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bitter-bark

  n. an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bitter-leaf

  n. a Tasmanian name for the Native Hop. See hops and hop-bush. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bitter cold

  Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America. Those who say it...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bitter-end

  That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bitter Herbs

  The Israelites were commanded to eat the Paschal lamb "with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs."...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary