Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt, like the water of the ocean. Artificial brine is used for the preservation of the flesh of animals, fish, vegetables.

The ocean or sea.

Tears, so called from their saltiness. Leach brine is brine which drops from corned salt in drying, which is preserved to be boiled again.

To steep in brine, as corn to prevent smut; also, to mix salt with, as to brine hay.