brine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brine	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for brine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brine n water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater" Synonym(s): seawater, saltwater, brine Antonym(s): fresh water, freshwater a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling v soak in brine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brine \Brine\, v. t. 1. To steep or saturate in brine. 2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]l.), a fly of the genus {Ephydra}, the larv[91] 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[94]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.