Bräck'ish, a.

a. [D. & L. Ger. brak, brackish, Ger. brackwasser, brackish water. Cf. Ger. brack, refuse, trash, bracken, to sort, to cast out, D. wrak, spoiled.] Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree;—applied to water partially saturated with salt, or mixed with sea-water. “Water so salt and brackish as no man can drink it.” North.