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单词 bracky
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brackyadj.1

Forms: Also 1600s brachie.
Etymology: < brack n.6 + -y suffix1.
Obsolete.
= brackish adj.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > brackish or briny
bracka1522
brackisha1552
bracky1582
brinish1594
briny1612
breachy1662
brak1793
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 795 The water becometh brachie.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiv. 231 Shee Neptune-like doth float vpon the bracky Marsh.
1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium vi. 54 From Neptunes Court send in the blew Neriades, Which from his bracky Realme vpon the Billowes ride.
figurative.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 70 Netled with theese brackye nouels [L. rumore amaro].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

brackyadj.2

Etymology: < brack, variant of brake n.1 and brake n.2; the two being confused.
1. = brackeny adj.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > specific plants
thornyc1000
daisieda1616
brackya1618
osiereda1759
brackeny1834
brackened1884
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 945 The brackie barren Wilderness.
2. Of the nature of a brake or thicket.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of or forming thicket
queachy1565
bracky1628
thickety1846
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 4 b A brackie ground is called filicetum, ubi filices crescunt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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