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brine / brīn/ • n. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt. ∎ seawater: dolphins and whales can't help taking in the odd gulp of brine as they swallow a fish. ∎ technical a strong solution of a salt or salts. • v. [tr.] [often as adj.] (brined) soak in or saturate with salty water: brined anchovies. |
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"brine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "brine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-brine.html "brine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-brine.html |
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brine Salt solutions of varying concentrations used in pickling. ‘Fresh’ brine may have added nitrite; ‘live’ brine contains micro‐organisms that convert nitrate to nitrite (pickling salts).
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DAVID A. BENDER. "brine." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "brine." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-brine.html DAVID A. BENDER. "brine." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-brine.html |
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brine, or pickle, the salted liquor in which beef or pork was preserved in casks for use in ships before the days of tinned or frozen meat.
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"brine." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "brine." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-brine.html "brine." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-brine.html |
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brine A concentrated solution of inorganic salts, formed by the partial evaporation of saline waters. See also GEOTHERMAL BRINE.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "brine." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "brine." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-brine.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "brine." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-brine.html |
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brine A concentrated solution of inorganic salts, formed by the partial evaporation of saline waters.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "brine." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "brine." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-brine.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "brine." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-brine.html |
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brine OE. brīne = MDu. brīne (Du. brijn), of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "brine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "brine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-brine.html T. F. HOAD. "brine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-brine.html |
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•align, assign, benign, brine, chine, cline, combine, condign, confine, consign, dine, divine, dyne, enshrine, entwine, fine, frontline, hardline, interline, intertwine, kine, Klein, line, Main, malign, mine, moline, nine, on-line, opine, outshine, pine, Rhein, Rhine, shine, shrine, sign, sine, spine, spline, stein, Strine, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, Tyne, underline, undermine, vine, whine, wine
•Sabine • carbine • Holbein • woodbine
•concubine • columbine • turbine
•sardine • Aldine • muscadine
•celandine • anodyne • androgyne
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"brine." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "brine." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-brine.html "brine." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-brine.html |
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