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Webster 1913 Edition


Brack

Brack

(brăk)
,
Noun.
[Cf.D.
braak
, Dan.
bræk
, a breaking, Sw. & Icel.
brak
a crackling, creaking. Cf.
Breach
.]
An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw.
Stain or
brack
in her sweet reputation.
J. Fletcher.

Brack

,
Noun.
[D.
brak
, adj., salt; cf. LG.
wrak
refuse, G.
brack
.]
Salt or brackish water.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Brack

BRACK

,
Noun.
An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a breach; a broken part.

Definition 2024


brack

brack

English

Noun

brack (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Salt or brackish water.
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Etymology 2

Compare Dutch braak.

Noun

brack (plural bracks)

  1. An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
    • J. Fletcher
      Stain or brack in her sweet reputation.


Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brak/

Verb

brack (third-person singular present brackin, present participle brackit, past brackit, past participle brackit)

  1. (Doric) to break.
    Mind an da brack aat!
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