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Brackish :: Brackish (a.) Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil..

Brine :: Brine (n.) Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters..

Saline :: Saline (n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine..

Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..

Saltpetre :: Saltpetre (n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant..

Sassoline :: Sassoline (n.) Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence..

Salsamentarious :: Salsamentarious (a.) Salt; salted; saline.

Tear :: Tear (n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids..

Salt :: Salt (v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt..

Gradate :: Gradate (v. t.) To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution..

Salt :: Salt (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles..

Hydrosulphite :: Hydrosulphite (n.) A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base.

Subsalt :: Subsaline (a.) Moderately saline or salt.

Hydrometer :: Hydrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc..

Sulphocyanide :: Sulphocyanic (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous..

Hydrometry :: Hydrometry (n.) The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc..

Bromine :: Bromine (n.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite..

Salineness :: Salineness (n.) The quality or state of being salt; saltness.

Saline :: Saline (a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic..

Freshen :: Freshen (v. t.) To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh..

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