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Definition of Brine

1. Noun. Water containing salts. "The water in the ocean is all saltwater"

2. Verb. Soak in brine.

3. Noun. A strong solution of salt and water used for pickling.

Definition of Brine

1. n. 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. v. t. To steep or saturate in brine.

Definition of Brine

1. Noun. salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling ¹

2. Noun. the sea or ocean; the water of the sea ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To preserve food in a salt solution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brine

1. to treat with brine (salted water) [v BRINED, BRINING, BRINES]

Medical Definition of Brine

1. 1. Water saturated or strongly inpregnated 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, brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again. Origin: AS. Bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. Brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See Burn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brine

brimming brimonidine brims brimstone brimstones brimstony brin brinded brindisis brindle

brindled brindled gnu brindled gnus brindles brindleyite brine (current term) brine fly brine shrimp brined brineless

brinelled brinelling briner briners brines bring bring-and-buy bring a knife to a gunfight bring about bring around

Literary usage of Brine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Agriculturist (1846)
"There is also a large vat to hold brine. This is made of wood, and is elevated above the ... Through the pipe the brine passes from the vat to the cylinder. ..."

2. The American Agriculturist (1846)
"After the blood, air, and gases are expelled, and the meat has remained in the brine for six or eight hours'it is cured. The whole process will require ..."

3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1891)
"flask to be lowered by a cord M into the brine, where it is enS. tirely submerged. The rise in temperature of the brine and the fall of the temperature of ..."

4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"Then they put into the pan two quarts of the following mixture : they take a quart of whites of eggs, beat them thoroughly with as much brine till they are ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Care is taken in designing coils for brine coolers of this type, so that the pressure required to overcome friction does not exceed ten pounds per square ..."

6. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"Preparation of Common iteli f This operation is duplex and consists in— 0. Concentrating tho brine. a. By increasing tho quantity of salt. ß. ..."

7. Journal by Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"In the preparation of " common salt," the brine is first raised to a boiling heat, with the double purpose of bringing it as quickly as possible to the ..."

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