单词 | brinish |
释义 | brinishadj. 1. a. Of the nature of brine; somewhat briny, saltish; of or pertaining to the sea. †brinish brink n. the sea-shore. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > brackish or briny bracka1522 brackisha1552 bracky1582 brinish1594 briny1612 breachy1662 brak1793 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] sea-warthc888 sea-rimOE sea-strandc1000 sandc1275 rive1296 bankc1350 sea-banka1375 sea-coasta1400 coastc1400 warthc1450 ripec1475 landsidec1515 seashore1526 banksidec1540 brinish brink1594 shorea1616 ore1652 outland1698 sea beach1742 table-shore1849 playa1898 treaty coast1899 treaty shore1901 beach1903 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 97 Expecting euer when some enuious surge, Will in his brinish bowels swallow him. View more context for this quotation 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xi. liii Neere to the brinish brinke. a1639 S. Ward Coal from Altar (1862) 74 Like brinish lights, they sparkle and spit at others. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 634 Streams of brinish water. 1822 Blackwood's Mag. 410 One almost tastes the brinish air. b. Applied to tears. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > shed in weeping > attributes of tears saltc1175 wanc1540 brinish1580 briny1608 shrill1608 swellinga1616 sea-salt1897 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 68v The brynish water that falleth from mine eyes. 1595 R. Barnfield Cassandra lxv, in Cynthia sig. E5v Whose body she emballms, With brennish teares. 1642 W. Prynne Soveraigne Antidote Civill Wars Concl. 31 Which he shall with brinish teares repent. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xlix When some sad Passion tries To draw the brinish Humour from your Eyes. 2. figurative. Bitter, nauseous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > [adjective] > bitter to the heart or mind bitter971 attery?c1225 bitingc1374 salt1513 bitterful?1526 wormwood1594 brinisha1617 a1617 S. Hieron Bargaine of Salt in Wks. (1620) II. 475 These brinish inuectiues are vnsauory. 1652 I. Ambrose Media (ed. 2) iii. 50 What brinish sorrows, and great indignation against sin? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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