01 n. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liq…
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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.“Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.” — Cowper.
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3.
Tears; -- so called from their saltness.“What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for Rosaline!” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Brine fly —
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 —
a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom.
Brine shrimp —
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 —
brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.