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‘dolphins and whales can't help taking in the odd gulp of brine as they swallow a fish’
‘The water's crawling with the larvae of brine flies and midges these waterfowl love.’
‘Men ran to the rail with torches and peered down at the brine, hoping to catch sight of her.’
‘They framed the vast expanse of brine and muddy flats where Hunt set up shop.’
‘A few stones were dislodged by the movement and tumbled into the brine with their earlier neighbours.’
‘You are still just treading water, gulping brine into your empty heart and lungs.’
‘Despite the numbing cold, he was aware of intense pain as the brine bit into his wounds.’
‘His hands gripped pallidly upon the rail, and they were white with more than just the chill brine of the sea.’
‘A trace of an ocean breeze, brine and seaweed, lingered in the air for just an instant, and was gone.’
‘The brine dries white on our dark faces and arms.’
‘The brine tank lay on the port side of the compartment.’
‘Ashore a spume of brine water rains from an overhanging crag and sluices back through the beach.’
‘He'll just swim way out and start gargling brine.’
‘I was wrenched back into the frigid brine, unconscious, and helpless.’
‘In England, the relative lack of sunshine meant that salt was usually made by heating brine artificially.’
‘Who's willing to put themselves on the line for these mysterious little creatures of the murky brine?’
1.2with modifierSalty water that has been used to preserve a specified food.
‘the classic dirty martini includes a few drops of olive brine’
‘Halloumi is creamy white with a fibrous texture, and is firmer, less brittle and generally less salty than Feta, even though it is also soaked in brine during manufacture.’
‘Pickling in brine had already been done for centuries.’
‘The three best known varieties are; tangy cracked green olives soaked in a salt brine, delicate tan or violet olives, and sharp, dry-cured, black olives.’
‘Black olives are picked when ripe and are pickled in brine and sometimes then in oil.’
‘My Uncle Phil taught me how to make this dill pickle brine.’
‘One principal difference is whether the meat is dry salted or soaked in brine.’
‘The beef is soaked in brine, brown sugar, juniper berries, and spices for any time between three weeks and three months.’
‘Whether it is canned in oil, brine, or spring water, canned tuna is low in omega 3 essential fats.’
‘Jimenez was treating the cut with anti-bacterial ointment and pickle brine.’
‘Also very different from anything found in this part of the world are small dishes called turshi (vegetables soaked in spicy brine).’
‘Fish sauce is what you get when you leave anchovies or similar small fish to pickle in brine until nearly dissolved, and then filter the resulting liquid.’
‘Molly explained: "We thought a few olive trees would be a good idea so that we could have our own olives in brine and enough oil for the year."’
‘Make a Dirty Martini cocktail by increasing the vermouth and adding olive brine.’
‘Red herring are fish which have been first soaked in brine with saltpetre added, then hung up to dry before being subjected to a heavy smoking - ideally over oak, beech, and turf.’
‘We purchase Spanish chorizo and Roquefort cheese and gherkins in brine and red chillies in olive oil.’
‘The salmon they carried from Berwick was boiled, pickled in brine and delivered in barrels known as kitts.’
‘Quickly follow the vermouth with a splash of olive brine, a squeeze of lime and three dashes of bitters.’
1.3technical A strong solution of a salt or salts.
‘Although not commonly used, potassium chloride can be used to create the salt brine.’
‘It is full of brine at a terrific density, about two-and-a-half pounds of salt to the gallon.’
‘Chlorine is a basic industrial chemical, prepared in immense quantities by electrolysis of brine.’
‘The resin then must be ‘regenerated’ with a salt (sodium chloride) brine solution before further treatment can occur.’
‘The brine solution cools the product down while at the same time, adds salt to the cheese.’
verb
[with object]
Soak or preserve in salty water.
‘brine the chicken up to one day before grilling’
‘brined anchovies’
‘You might have tried brining a turkey, but other meats benefit from a soak in a salt-sugar liquid too.’
‘Some 120,000 pounds of cheese - about a third of the day's production - can be brined at one time.’
‘I brined the scallops and hazelnuts in water, salt, sugar, and liquid smoke.’
‘Fresh-pack or quick-process pickles are not fermented; some are brined several hours or overnight.’
‘We did brine some turkeys last week and they were ultra juicy.’