The Welsh copper industries of mining, smelting and refining created generations of talented workers. Although dominated by men, women took part too, particularly in the North Wales mines. Copperworking settlements created new communities in Wales and abroad.
Bitter definition, having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes. See more.
. 1901. 1  Mereerah, denoting that which is bitter; hence the term is applied to the bile or gall (the fluid secreted by the liver), from its intense bitterness, (Job 16:13; 20:25) it is also used of the poison of serpents, (Job 20:14) which the ancients erroneously believed was their gall.