brak

¹ British  

/ brak /

adjective

1. (of water) brackish or salty

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brak ² British  

/ brak /

noun

1. a mongrel dog

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Etymology

Origin of brak¹

C19: Afrikaans

Origin of brak²

C20: from Afrikaans, literally: setter

Example Sentences

I lean'd my back unto an aik,5 I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true love did lightly me!

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

He saw Misfortune’s cauld nor-west Lang mustering up a bitter blast; A jillet brak his heart at last, Ill may she be!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

In this yere the kyng with a gret oost wente into Walys and30 remeved and brak the sege of the castell of Flynt and Rothelan.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

An’ ance or twice she sobbed and sighed, An’ her tender heart did brak in three.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

I houp the young laddie winna brak his neck.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon