briny adj 1: slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep" [syn: {brackish}, {briny}] n 1: any very large body of (salt) water [syn: {main}, {briny}]
Briny \Brin"y\, a. [From {Brine}.] Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood. [1913 Webster]