Definition of Brinish

1. a. Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.

Definition of Brinish

1. Adjective. Like brine; somewhat salt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brinish

1. resembling brine [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brinish

brings back
brings down
brings forth
brings home
brings off
brings out
brings owls to Athens
brings up
brings upon
brinier
brinies
briniest
brininess
brininesses
brining
brinish (current term)
brinjal
brinjals
brinjaree
brink
brinkman
brinkmanship
brinkmanships
brinkmen
brinks
brinksman
brinksmanship
brinksmanships
brinksmen
brinner

Literary usage of Brinish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"So Mr. Thomas, who also says he does not remember any brinish King buried at Stonehenge, and yet we have express mention that Aurelius Ambrosius, ..."

2. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"... upon this Land, of brinish Birth, Freeholders, 2, viz., i having 200 acres. Total, 11 Families, who, with 1 having 60 acres. their ..."

3. Essay Towards a Dictionary, Tibetan and English by Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Saṅs-rgyas-phun-tshogs (1834)
"X'5KT$, the six tastes are : »fz;X'*J, sweet. gX'H, sour, acid, [z-zj, bitter. xRj'H, of a nauseous bitter taste. 1,'q, biting hot, acrid. 3p i'^'^, brinish ..."

4. Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed inglese by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1807)
"... to grow brinish or brackish. ... adj. salt, brinish, salted, powdered. ... to grow brinish or brackish. ..."

5. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch (1900)
"840 It. for the Acts of the first Sess. of the It. for the Acts of Sederunt, 1711 ... о 2 о It. for the Acts of the Generall Assembly, 1711 096 3rd brinish ..."

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