Brine \Brine\, v. t.
   1. To steep or saturate in brine.
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   2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
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	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.
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   2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
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            Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
                                                  --Cowper.
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   3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
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            What a deal of brine
            Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
            Rosaline!                             --Shak.
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   Brine fly (Zool.), 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 (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.
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	brine
    n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all
         saltwater" [syn: seawater, saltwater, brine] [ant:
         fresh water, freshwater]
    2: a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
    v 1: soak in brine