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.
The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline!
Phrases & Compounds
Brine fly
a fly of the genus Ephydra, the larvæ 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
a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom.
Brine shrimp
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
brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.