Brine

n. [A-S. bryne, a burning, salt liquor, brine, from brinnan, byrnan, to burn.]

1Sense 1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.

2Sense 2. The ocean or sea.

*Lashed into foam, the fierce, conflicting brine Seems o'er a thousand raging waves to burn.* Thomson.

3Sense 3. Tears, so called from their saltness.

*What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline?* Shak.

Leach brine, brine which drops from corned salt in drying, which is preserved to be boiled again.

v. t. 1. To steep in brine. 2. To mix salt with; as, to brine hay.