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Meanings of briny in English

(Of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water.

Related terms

Any very large body of (salt) water.

Usage of briny in English
1
Forgive the briny phrase; you know why it comes natural to me.
Denzil Quarrier
2
Follow its course until you reach a briny pond, where it ends.
The outcast
3
With this sea green glaze, they even take on a briny flavor.
The food matters cookbook: 500 revolutionary recipes for better ...
4
The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny.
Cabbages and Kings
5
These unselfish words, spoken in her own heart, checked the briny current.
The Good Time Coming
6
There is also a boat to get you closer to the briny.
The Irish Times
7
There he would find better fare than briny water and sand mites.
The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter
8
Because the thing was bought from our briny friends by the Roanoke family.
Crooked little vein
9
We are to sail the briny deep of that river in a houseboat.
The Rover Boys on the River; Or, The Search for the Missing Hous...
10
Looks like they just naturally turned loose the briny deep in that country.
Blue Ridge Country
11
He began; clumsily at first, as yonder gauntletted knight attempting the briny handkerchief.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
12
He pulled a handkerchief from a sleeve to dab away the briny water.
Stonewielder
13
Omar Khayyam snatched her from the briny and tried to die for her.
The Iron Trail
14
I'd rather load a cargo of boa-constrictors than start her for the briny.
The Auction Block
15
However, he espied a vacancy, and plunged into the briny deep.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870
16
I opened the door to the generator room and inhaled the briny air.
Stiltsville: a novel
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