When inconvenient to blow off the brine which collects at the bottom of a steamer's boilers, the brine-pump is used for clearing away the deposit.
·vt To steep or saturate in brine. II. Brine ·noun Tears; — so called from their saltness. III. B...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to brine, to bring ; brine it hither, bring it hither. Norf. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
, or pickle Water replete with saline particles, as brine-pickle for salt meat. The briny wave. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In a steamer, are at the side of the vessel, worked with a lever by manual power, to supply addition...
See salinometer. ...
Each ordinary pump has an upper and lower box, the one a fixture in the lower part of its chamber, t...
A calf just dropped, and unable to stand, killed for veal in Scotland: the hoofs of a young calf are...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose