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Brine
CIDE DICTIONARY
Brine, n. [AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See Burn.].
- 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]
- The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake. [1913 Webster]"Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay." [1913 Webster]
- Tears; -- so called from their saltness. [1913 Webster]"What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline!" [1913 Webster]
Brine, v. t.
- To steep or saturate in brine. [1913 Webster]
- To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Brine, n. & v.
--n.
1 water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
2 sea water.
--v.tr. soak in or saturate with brine.
--n.
1 water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
2 sea water.
--v.tr. soak in or saturate with brine.
Etymology
OE brine, of unkn. orig.
ROGET THESAURUS
Brine
Ocean
N sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep, wave, tide, hydrography, hydrographer, Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid, sea nymph, Siren, trident, dolphin, oceanic, marine, maritime, pelagic, pelagian, seagoing, hydrographic, bathybic, cotidal, at sea, on sea, afloat.Pungency
VB be pungent, bite the tongue, render pungent, season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil, smoke, chew, take snuff.Saltiness
N saltiness, niter, saltpeter, brine, salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny, salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife, salty, racy (indecent), take it with a grain of salt.For further exploring for "Brine" in Webster Dictionary Online