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briny

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
brin=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

brinya. [From Brine.].
     Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

briny, adj. & n.
--adj. (brinier, briniest) of brine or the sea; salty.
--n. (prec. by the) Brit. sl. the sea.

Derivative
brininess n.

ROGET THESAURUS

briny

Saltiness

N saltiness, niter, saltpeter, brine, salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny, salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife, salty, racy (indecent), take it with a grain of salt.


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