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A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.

A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. [Obs.] Shak.

Preserved in a pickle.

sed in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. Ecclus. xiii. 1.

Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.] He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from Bacon. -- Plen"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Plen"ti*ful*ness, n.

Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.

ng, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape.

To preserve seasoned in pots. "Potted fowl and fish." Dryden.

Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.

The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation. Give us particulars of thy preservation. Shak.

Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak.

That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge. Let them rise up . . . and be your protection. Deut. xxxii. 38.

a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.

To hoard. "Himself never put up any of the rent." Spelman. (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter. Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put the lad u…

by science or literature, although they were adept potters, weavers, and goldsmiths, and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing.

s hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.

To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events. Those things th…