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brine

  [brahyn] noun, verb, brined, brin⋅ing.
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–noun
1. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
2. a salt and water solution for pickling.
3. the sea or ocean.
4. the water of the sea.
5. Chemistry. any saline solution.
–verb (used with object)
6. to treat with or steep in brine.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE brȳne; c. D brijn

Related forms:
brineless, adjective
briner, noun
brinish, adjective
brin⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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brine   (brīn)   
n.  

  1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride.

    1. The water of a sea or an ocean.

    2. A large body of salt water.

  3. Salt water used for preserving and pickling foods.

tr.v.   brined, brin·ing, brines
To immerse, preserve, or pickle in salt water.

[Middle English, from Old English brīne.]
brin'er n.
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Word Origin & History

brine 
O.E. bryne, origin unknown; no known cognates beyond Du. brijn, Flem. brijne.
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brine

salt water, particularly a highly concentrated water solution of common salt (sodium chloride). Natural brines occur underground, in salt lakes, or as seawater and are commercially important sources of common salt and other salts, such as chlorides and sulfates of magnesium and potassium.

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