or briny, subs. (common).—The sea.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. Herring-pond; big pond; big drink; the puddle; Davy’s locker.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Grande tasse (boire dans la grande tasse = to be drowned); grande bleu; grand salé; pré salé.
1856. WHYTE-MELVILLE, Kate Coventry, xiv. The luckless plight in which a stout gentleman had found himself, by the temporary loss of all his apparel, while he was disporting in the BRINY.
1881. Punch, Jan. 15, 14. Grigsby. Hullo, my Jellaby, you here! Come and take a dip in the BRINY, old man. I’m sure you look as if you wanted it. Postlethwaite. Thanks, no. I never bathe. I always see myself so dreadfully foreshortened in the water, you know!
1889. The Sporting Times, 29 June. Next day bathing, returning from which we beheld a curious sight, three nymphs carrying down to the strand a bath in which one of them was, apparently with a curious mistrust of the sea, going to try the BRINY.
