briny
1[brahy-nee]
adjective, brin·i·er, brin·i·est.
of or like brine; salty: a briny taste.
Origin of briny
1briny
2[brahy-nee]
noun
Origin of briny
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Examples from the Web for briny
Contemporary Examples of briny
This cider is bone dry and has a really great olive & briny quality that makes it a killer food pairing cider.
Since the stone crab is capable of regrowing its claws every 18 months, this break prevents overfishing of the briny delicacy.
We sampled dozens of olive varieties, ranging from light and briny to cured and herbaceous.
Historical Examples of briny
And then its briny deeps ceased to swim with knobby condiments.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
I hope the briny ocean may not swallow up the Captains luggage.
Christmas Comes but Once A YearLuke Limner
Thrown, lie fronting her feet to the briny wavelets a sea-toy.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius CatullusCaius Valerius Catullus
By morning the water had dissolved the salt and retained its briny flavor.
All the world, your world, supposes you now upon the briny deep.
Madeline Payne, the Detective's DaughterLawrence L. Lynch
briny
adjective brinier or briniest
noun
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