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Definition of Briny
1. Adjective. Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water). "The briny deep"
2. Noun. Any very large body of (salt) water.
Generic synonyms: Body Of Water, Water
Terms within: High Sea, International Waters, Offing, Territorial Waters
Group relationships: Hydrosphere
Definition of Briny
1. a. Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.
Definition of Briny
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty ¹
2. Noun. The sea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Briny
1. salty [n BRINIES] - See also: salty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Briny
Literary usage of Briny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Ae shall briny it a mule 14. And he shall offer thereof his offering, 4; 3. ...
8: Q.And thou shult briny the Lévites 10. And thou shalt briny the Lévites ..."
2. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1902)
"But when lie came, his children twain, And eke his loving wife, With briny tears
did wet the floor, For good Sir Charles's life. ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"The air was scented with the breath of blossoms, mingled occasionally with a
briny fragrance, as the light breeze puffed inward from the sea. ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"The air was scented with the breath of blossoms, mingled occasionally with a
briny fragrance, as the light breeze puffed inward from the sea. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1908)
"God ; and of Bognor it is said, ' there the God of the seas receives ill with
open arms into his briny domain ..."
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