vbl. sb. [f. BRINE v.]
1. The application of brine.
1787. Winter, Syst. Husb., 268. I deem the practice of common brining to be only useful for destroying small insects.
2. The removing of brine from a steamer’s boiler.
1875. Bedford, Sailor’s Pocket Bk., v. (ed. 2), 212. If obliged to use sea water for the feed, let the process of brining be as constant and continuous as possible.
