\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.
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

\Brine\, v. t.
1. To steep or saturate in brine.
2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.