Part 1400

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Tears; -- so called from their saltness.</def>

<blockquote>What a deal of <b>brine</b> Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for Rosaline! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Brine fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a fly of the genus <spn>Ephydra</spn>, the larv\'91 of which live in artificial brines and in salt lakes.</cd> -- <col>Brine gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument for measuring the saltness of a liquid.</cd> -- <col>Brine pan</col>, <cd>a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed by cristallization.</cd> -- <col>Brine pit</col>, <cd>a salt spring or well, from which water is taken to be boiled or evaporated for making salt.</cd> -- <col>Brine pump</col> <fld>(Marine Engin.)</fld>, <cd>a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Brine shrimp</col>, <col>Brine worm</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a phyllopod crustacean of the genus <spn>Artemia</spn>, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See <er>Artemia</er>.</cd> -- <col>Brine spring</col>, <cd>a spring of salt water.</cd> -- <col>Leach brine</col> <fld>(Saltmaking)</fld>, <cd>brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brine</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To steep or saturate in brine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sprinkle with salt or brine; <as>as, to <ex>brine</ex> hay</as>.</def>

<h1>Bring</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bring</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brought</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bringing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bringen</ets>, AS. <ets>bringan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>brengian</ets>, D. <ets>brengen</ets>, Fries. <ets>brenga</ets>, OHG. <ets>bringan</ets>, G. <ets>bringen</ets>, Goth. <ets>briggan</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.</def>

<blockquote>And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, <b>Bring</b> me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread. <i>1 Kings xvii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To France shall we convey you safe, And <b>bring</b> you back. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to.</def>

<blockquote>There is nothing will <b>bring</b> you more honor . . . than to do what right in justice you may. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.</def>

<blockquote>In distillation, the water . . . <b>brings</b> over with it some part of the oil of vitriol. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.</def>

<blockquote>It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do not easily <b>bring</b> themselves to it. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is <b>brought</b> to reflect on them. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal <i>bring</i> per ton?</def>

<cs><col>To bring about</col>, <cd>to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.</cd> -- <col>To bring back</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To recall.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner.</cd> -- <col>To bring by the lee</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.</cd> -- <col>To bring down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cause to come down.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To humble or abase; <as>as, <ex>to bring down<ex> high looks</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bring down the house</col>, <cd>to cause tremendous applause.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To bring forth</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To produce, as young fruit.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To bring to light; to make manifest.</cd> -- <col>To bring forward</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To hasten; to promote; to forward.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To propose; to adduce; <as>as, <ex>to bring forward<ex> arguments</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bring home</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To bring to one's house.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To prove conclusively; <as>as, <ex>to bring home<ex> a charge of treason</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal experience.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Naut.</fld>) <cd>To lift of its place, as an anchor.</cd> -- <col>To bring in</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To fetch from without; to import.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other body; to render; <as>as, <ex>to bring in<ex> a verdict or a report</as>.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To take to an appointed place of deposit or collection; <as>as, <ex>to bring in<ex> provisions or money for a specified object</as>.</cd> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To produce, as income.</cd> <sd>(f)</sd> <cd>To induce to join.</cd> -- <col>To bring off</col>, <cd>to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape.</cd> -- <col>To bring on</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cause to begin.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To originate or cause to exist; <as>as, <ex>to bring on<ex> a disease</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bring one on one's way</col>, <cd>to accompany, guide, or attend one.</cd> -- <col>To bring out</col>, <cd>to expose; to detect; to bring to light from concealment.</cd> -- <col>To bring over</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To fetch or bear across.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to change sides or an opinion.</cd> -- <col>To bring to</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To check the course of, as of a ship, by dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to <i>lie to<i>).</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her course.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To apply a rope to the capstan.</cd> -- <col>To bring to light</col>, <cd>to disclose; to discover; to make clear; to reveal.</cd> -- <col>To bring a sail to</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to bend it to the yard.</cd> -- <col>To bring to pass</col>, <cd>to accomplish to effect.</cd> "Trust also in Him; and He shall <i>bring it to pass<i>." <i>Ps. xxxvii. 5</i>. -- <col>To bring under</col>, <cd>to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience.</cd> -- <col>To bring up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cause to stop suddenly.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <note>[<tt>v. i.</tt> by dropping the reflexive pronoun]</note> <cd>To stop suddenly; to come to a standstill.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To bring up (any one) with a round turn</col>, <cd>to cause (any one) to stop abruptly.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To be brought to bed</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bed</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import; procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce.</syn>

<h1>Bringer</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bring"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who brings.</def>

<blockquote>Yet the first <b>bringer</b> of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bringer in</col>, <cd>one who, or that which, introduces.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brininess</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brin"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.</def>

<h1>Brinish</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brin"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.</def> "<i>Brinish</i> tears."