a. Also (6 brennish), 6–7 brynish. [f. BRINE sb. + -ISH1.]
1. Of the nature of brine; somewhat briny, saltish; of or pertaining to the sea. † Brinish brink: the sea-shore.
1588. Shaks., Tit. A., III. i. 97. Expecting euer when some enuious surge, Will in his brinish bowels swallow him.
1609. Heywood, Brit. Troy, XI. liii. Neere to the brinish brinke.
a. 1639. S. Ward, Coal fr. Altar, Serm. (1862), 74. Like brinish lights, they sparkle and spit at others.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 634. Streams of brinish water.
1822. Blackw. Mag., 410. One almost tastes the brinish air.
b. Applied to tears.
1580. Lyly, Euphues (Arb.), 355. The brynish water that falleth from mine eyes.
1595. Barnfield, Cassandra, lxv. Whose body she emballms, With brennish teares.
1642. Prynne, Sov. Antid., Concl. 31. Which he shall with brinish teares repent.
1692. E. Walker, Epictetus’ Mor., xlix. When some sad Passion tries to draw the brinish Humour from your Eyes.
2. fig. Bitter, nauseous.
a. 1617. Hieron, Wks., II. 475. These brinish inuectiues are vnsauory.
1649. Ambrose, Media, iii. (1652), 50. Consider the Love-letters of Christ in his glorious Gospel;… what brinish sorrows, and great indignation against sin?
