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brackish

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brackish
a) (of water) salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries

...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious...

b) distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.

On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.


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  • brackish — adj. 1) солоноватый (о воде) 2) противный (на вкус); отврати тельный …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

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  • brackish — adjective Etymology: Dutch brac salty; akin to Middle Low German brac salty Date: 1538 1. somewhat salty < brackish water > 2. a. not appealing to the taste < brackish tea > b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • brackish — fresh water with some salt content, as in estuaries, in the range 0.5 17.0 parts per thousand …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • brackish — brackishness, n. /brak ish/, adj. 1. slightly salt; having a salty or briny flavor. 2. distasteful; unpleasant. [1530 40; < D brak salty + ISH1] * * * …   Universalium

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