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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