brine vs tipple

brine

verb
  • To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution. 

  • To preserve food in a salt solution. 

noun
  • The sea or ocean; the water of the sea. 

  • Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. 

tipple

verb
  • To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it. 

  • To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. 

  • To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess. 

  • To drink too much alcohol. 

  • To fall over; to topple. 

noun
  • Any alcoholic drink. 

  • An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. 

  • An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. 

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