Bitters: alternatives and connections

An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.

A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter fla…

Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.

A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Al…

The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…

A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.

As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.

Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated.

A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)…

a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditch…

The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medici…

A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mi…

A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.

Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved.…

A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifical…