slovodefinícia
Brine shrimp
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Brine \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.
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2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
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Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
--Cowper.
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3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
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What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline! --Shak.
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Brine fly (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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.
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brine shrimp
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brine shrimp
n 1: common to saline lakes [syn: brine shrimp, {Artemia
salina}]
podobné slovodefinícia
brine shrimp
(wn)
brine shrimp
n 1: common to saline lakes [syn: brine shrimp, {Artemia
salina}]

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