¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Briners
1. briner [n] - See also: briner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Briners
Literary usage of Briners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"briners, s. salt-making term. An old word for those who work at brine springs.
"The water of the salt springs here is very cold at the bottom of the Pitt, ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"It is a mif- taken notion of the briners, that the brine is ... by the briners,
that they make more fait with the fame quantity of brine in dry than in wet ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"briners, s. salt-making term. An old word for those who work at brine springs.
' ' The water of the salt springs here is very cold at the bottom of the Pitt ..."
4. The Art of Making Common Salt, as Now Practised in Most Parts of the World by William Brownrigg (1748)
"The briners, who ufe them, affirm that they ralfe a large grain> and make their
falt more hard and firm ^ and fome alfo fay that they make it ..."
5. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1722)
"By which Tryal I confuted alfo a Tradition, which the briners have ... by the
briners, that they make more Sah with the fame Quantity of Brine in dry than ..."
6. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, John Eames, John Martyn (1716)
"By which Tryal I confuted alfo a Tradition, which the briners have a- ... by the
briners that they make more Salt with the fame quantity of Brine in dry ..."
Other Resources:
