Brine

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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