Obs. Also 7 brachie. [f. BRACK sb.6 + -Y1.] = Brackish.
1593. Drayton, Eclog., IV. 90. Men, Sea-Monsters, swam the bracky Flood.
1603. Knolles, Hist. Turks (1621), 795. The water becometh brachie.
fig. 1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, IV. (Arb.), 101. Netled with theese brackye nouels [L. rumore amaro].
