3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brine \Brine\, v. t.
1. To steep or saturate in brine.
2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as to brine hay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brine \Brine\, n. [AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr
brinnan, brynnan to burn. See {Burn}.]
1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle;
hence any strong saline solution; also the saline
residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the
evaporation of natural or artificial waters.
2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
--Cowper.
3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheecks
for Rosaline! --Shak.
{Brine fly} (Zo["o]l.), a fly of the genus {Ephydra}, the
larv[ae] of which live in artificial brines and in salt
lakes.
{Brine gauge}, an instrument for measuring the saltness of a
liquid.
{Brine pan}, a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed
by cristallization.
{Brine pit}, a salt spring or well from which water is taken
to be boiled or evaporated for making salt.
{Brine pump} (Marine Engin.), a pump for changing the water
in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which
collects at the bottom.
{Brine shrimp}, {Brine worm} (Zo["o]l.), a phyllopod
crustacean of the genus {Artemia}, inhabiting the strong
brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See
{Artemia}.
{Brine spring}, a spring of salt water.
{Leach brine} (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated
salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
brine
n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all
saltwater" [syn: {seawater}, {saltwater}] [ant: {fresh
water}]
2: a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
v : soak in brine
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