Brine
Brine ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, from 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.
3.
Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline!
Collocations (8)
Brine fly (Zoology) , a fly of the genus Ephydra, the larva 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 Engineering) , a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom.
Brine shrimp or Brine worm (Zoology) , 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.
Brine ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
1.
To steep or saturate in brine.
2.
To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.