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Brine pit
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.

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- tailings and process wastewater from mines, industrial fracking, oil field brine pits, leaking underground oil storage tanks and pipelines, sewage sludge and...
- Turnbull, A. (2021-04-15). "Influence of H2S on the pitting corrosion of 316L stainless steel in oilfield brine". Corrosion Science. 182: 109265. Bibcode:2021Corro...
- trade as bay-salt. By-and-by, when people came to discover the inland brine-pits and salt mines, they transferred to them the familiar name, a wich; and...
- Norman invasion of England in 1066, there is thought to have been one brine pit in Middlewich, between the River Croco and the current Lewin Street. In...
- companies started to isolate lithium from brine which proved to be a less expensive option than underground or open-pit mining. Most of the mines closed or...
- the area which is now known as Middlewich is thought to have had one brine pit, between the River Croco and the current Lewin Street. In the Domesday...
- there were approximately 100 "wich houses" packed around the town's two brine pits. By 1908 there were nine industrial scale salt manufacturers in the town...
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- there were approximately 100 "wich houses" packed around the town's two brine pits. By 1908 there were nine industrial scale salt manufacturers in the town...
- growing pill oats. A brine spring is shown on an 1831 map of the area, and is presumably the source of local place names such as "Brine Pit". Little is known...