brack

See also: Brack

English

Etymology 1

Middle Dutch brac.

Noun

brack (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Salt or brackish water.
    • Michael Drayton
      The very earth to fill the hungry mawe;
      When they far'd best, they fed on Fearne and brack,

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.

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

brack (countable and uncountable, plural bracks)

  1. Barmbrack.

Further reading

  • brack in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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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