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Synonyms for briny
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : brahy-nee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbraɪ ni |
Définition of briny
Origin :- c.1600, from brine + -y (2). Used earlier of tears than of the ocean (1610s). Related: Brininess.
- adj salty
- And then its briny deeps ceased to swim with knobby condiments.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- I hope the briny ocean may not swallow up the Captains luggage.
- Extract from : « Christmas Comes but Once A Year » by Luke Limner
- Thrown, lie fronting her feet to the briny wavelets a sea-toy.
- Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus
- By morning the water had dissolved the salt and retained its briny flavor.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various
- All the world, your world, supposes you now upon the briny deep.
- Extract from : « Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter » by Lawrence L. Lynch
- The saddest fish that swims the briny ocean,The Catfish I bewail.
- Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
- Behold, then, Toby Bluff and me about to commence our career on the briny ocean.
- Extract from : « Marmaduke Merry » by William H. G. Kingston
- For it would be flatter, with less of wave-wet freshness and briny gusto.
- Extract from : « The Face of the Fields » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- Page 33, sixth line from bottom, should be its briny breast, not her briny breast.
- Extract from : « Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound » by Thomas Ostenson Stine
- She would, it is said, return after such interviews with briny and swollen eyes.
- Extract from : « The Testimony of Tradition » by David MacRitchie
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- one who brings home the bacon
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