[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. the ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
      1913 webster

            not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
                                                  --cowper.
      1913 webster

   3. tears; -- so called from their saltness.
      1913 webster

            what a deal of brine
            hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
            rosaline                             --shak.
      1913 webster

   brine fly zool., a fly of the genus ephydra, the
      larvae 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 zool., 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
burn brine fly ephydra brine gauge brine pan brine pit 
brine pump brine shrimp brine worm artemia brine spring 
leach brine 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brine \brine\, v. t.
   1. to steep or saturate in brine.
      1913 webster

   2. to sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

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