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Webster 1913 Edition
Brine
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
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline!
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
hayWebster 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.
Definition 2024
brine
brine
English
Noun
brine (uncountable)
- 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.
- The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.
Derived terms
Translations
salt water
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the sea or ocean
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Verb
brine (third-person singular simple present brines, present participle brining, simple past and past participle brined)
Antonyms
Translations
to preserve food in a salt solution