transitive verb.
To steep or saturate in brine.
transitive verb.
To sprinkle with salt or brine.
noun.
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.
noun.
The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
noun.
Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
noun.
a fly of the genus Ephydra, the larvæ of which live in artificial brines and in salt lakes.
noun.
an instrument for measuring the saltness of a liquid.
noun.
a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed by cristallization.
noun.
a salt spring or well, from which water is taken to be boiled or evaporated for making salt.
noun.
a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom.
noun.
a phyllopod crustacean of the genus Artemia, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See Artemia.
noun.
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noun.
a spring of salt water.
noun.
brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.