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