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Webster 1913 Edition


Brine

Brine

,
Noun.
[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!
Shakespeare
Brine fly
(Zool.)
,
a fly of the genus
Ephydra
, the larvæ 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.

Brine

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To steep or saturate in brine.
2.
To sprinkle with salt or brine;
as, to
brine
hay
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Brine

BRINE

, n.
1.
Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt, like the water of the ocean. Artificial brine is used for the preservation of the flesh of animals, fish, vegetables, &c.
2.
The ocean or sea.
3.
Tears, so called from their saltiness.
Leach brine is brine which drops from corned salt in drying, which is preserved to be boiled again.

BRINE

,
Verb.
T.
To steep in brine, as corn to prevent smut; also, to mix salt with, as to brine hay.

Definition 2024


brine

brine

English

Noun

brine (uncountable)

  1. Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
    Do you want a can of tuna in oil or in brine?
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      Philander went into the next room [] and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
  2. The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

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Verb

brine (third-person singular simple present brines, present participle brining, simple past and past participle brined)

  1. (transitive) To preserve food in a salt solution.

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Italian

Noun

brine f

  1. plural of brina

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