brak

¹ British  

/ brak /

adjective

1. (of water) brackish or salty

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brak ² British  

/ brak /

noun

1. a mongrel dog

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Etymology

Origin of brak¹

C19: Afrikaans

Origin of brak²

C20: from Afrikaans, literally: setter

Example Sentences

They ran their horse on the Langholme howm, And brak their spears wi’ mickle main; The ladies lukit frae their lofty windows— “God bring our men weel hame again!”

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

The ankers brak, and the tap-masts lap, It was sic a deadlie storm; And the waves cam' owre the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

Oh, he had but a saxpence, he brak it in twa, And he gied me the half o’t ere he gaed awa’!

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

In this yere the kyng with a gret oost wente into Walys and30 remeved and brak the sege of the castell of Flynt and Rothelan.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

Lǫg�uz menn ni�r til svefns um kveldit; ok um n�ttina heyr�u menn brak mikit � sk�lann, ok til s�ngr b�nda.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.