[f. BRINE v. + -ER1.] A salt boiler, a salter.
c. 1682. J. Collins, Making of Salt, 4. When the Briners go to cleanse it, they cannot abide in above half an hour.
1748. Phil. Trans., XLV. 363. The Lees of Ale and Beer are now generally rejected by the marine Salt-Boilers; except in the West of England, where the Briners … use them.
1759. B. Martin, Nat. Hist. Eng., II. 246. The Water is so very cold at the Bottom of the Pits, that when the Briners go about to cleanse them, they cannot stay in above half an Hour.
