1.
[syn: seawater, saltwater, brine]
2. a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling;
VERB (1)
1. soak in brine;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brine \Brine\, v. t.
1. To steep or saturate in brine.
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2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
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Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
--Cowper.
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3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
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What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline! --Shak.
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Brine fly (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brine
n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all
saltwater" [syn: seawater, saltwater, brine] [ant:
fresh water, freshwater]
2: a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
v 1: soak in brine