The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bittering \Bit"ter*ing\, n. A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.
Wiktionary
n. A bitter compound used in adulterate beer.
Wikipedia
Bittering is the name of two former parishes in the county of Norfolk, England, now in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering (where the population is included), west of East Dereham and south of Fakenham.
Little Bittering parish was annexed to the neighbouring Beeston.
Great Bittering parish was annexed to the neighbouring Gressenhall and Beetley.
The mediaeval church of St Peter's is a grade II* listed building.
Usage examples of "bittering".
It lay with Mr Bittering and Mrs Bittering, a third unbidden partner at every midnight talk, at every dawn awakening.
When the windows ceased rattling, Mr Bittering swallowed and looked at the children.
Mr Bittering felt very alone in his garden under the Martian sun, bent here, planting Earth flowers in a wild soil.
Harry Bittering moved into the metal shop and began to build the rocket.
Lying abed, Mr Bittering felt his bones shifted, shaped, melted like gold.
Mr Bittering held to the side of the canal, his body cold and his heart pounding slowly.
In the quiet autumn, Mr Bittering stood, very dark now, very golden-eyed, upon the slope above his villa, looking at the valley.
Mr Bittering gazed at the Earth settlement far away in the low valley.