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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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, etc.
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, v.t. To steep in brine, as corn to prevent smut; also, to mix salt with, as to brine hay.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater" [syn: seawater, saltwater, brine] [ant: fresh water, freshwater]
2: a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling v
1: soak in brine

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bry?ne; akin to Middle Dutch br?ne brine Date: before 12th century 1. a. water saturated or strongly impregnated with common salt b. a strong saline solution (as of calcium chloride) 2. the water of a sea or salt lake II. transitive verb (brined; brining) Date: 1552 to treat (as by steeping) with brine • briner noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt. 2 sea water. --v.tr. soak in or saturate with brine. Etymology: OE brine, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brine Brine, v. t. 1. To steep or saturate in brine. 2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(brines) Brine is salty water, especially salty water that is used for preserving food. Soak the walnuts in brine for four or five days. N-MASS

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Salt water. 2. Sea, ocean, deep, main.