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Pronunciation : Brine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See Burn.]
Definition : 1. Water saturated or strongly inpregnated 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! Shak. Brine fly (Zo?l.), a fly of the genus Ephydra, the larv? 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 (Zo?l.), 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Brine
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To steep or saturate in brine.

2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913