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BITER [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A rock [laying outside the house] that barely touches the 12-foot ring.

OBS

A biter can "bite the house" and represent a potential point, or "bite a line," a biter being a rock that barely touches any circle or line on the sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre [à l'extérieur de la maison] qui touche à peine le cercle de 12 pieds.

CONT

Une deuxième possibilité est de placer une pierre mordeuse au cercle de 12 pieds, quitte à rester court.

OBS

Une mordeuse peut «mordre la maison» et représenter un point potentiel, ou «mordre une ligne», une mordeuse étant une pierre qui touche à peine tout cercle ou ligne sur la piste de jeu.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Beverages
  • Pharmacology
DEF

A usually alcoholic liquor prepared by maceration or distillation of a bitter herb, leaf, fruit, seed, or root and used as a mild tonic or stimulant to increase the appetite and improve digestion ...

CONT

From antiquity, a bitter taste has been associated with drugs, and many medicinal virtues were once attributed to bitters ... The true bitters, such as chamomile, gentian, hops, bitter orange, and quassia, increase the gastric and salivary secretions and thus stimulate the taste buds and improve the appetite. However, any further medicinal value is largely psychological, except for the effects produced by the alcoholic content. Bitters, as such, are rarely prescribed in medicine today, but they are used in cookery and in making certain mixed drinks.

Key term(s)
  • bitter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Liqueur tonique et apéritive, plus ou moins colorée au caramel, à base d'oranges amères, de gentiane et de diverses plantes aromatiques (aloès, cardamome, quinquina), infusées dans de l'alcool.

Key term(s)
  • bitter

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Bebidas
  • Farmacología
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