† 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).

单词	bracky
释义	† brackyadj.¹ Forms: Also 1600s brachie. Etymology: < brack n.⁶ + -y suffix¹. Obsolete. = brackish adj. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.¹1582adj.²a1618
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