Leach-BRINE, a name given to what drops from the corned salt in draining and drying, which they preserve and boil again; being stronger than any brine in the pit. There is sand found in all the Staffordshire brines after coction: but naturalists observe, it did not pre-exist in the water, but rather is the product of the boiling. Some steep their seed-wheat in brine to prevent the smut. Brine is also commended as of efficacy against gangrenes.
BRINE also denotes a pickle pregnant with salt, wherein things are steeped to keep.