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briny

adjective as in salty

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On the briny side, meanwhile, water loses electrons to the electrode, generating oxygen gas.

Outside, the briny tang of windswept sea air, the North Sea swirling tempestuously below.

Sea lions, he added, are like “sentinels of the sea,” providing clues about what is affecting the briny deep, such as toxins that sicken them and shifting fish populations that they chase.

Some of it gets in my mouth, filling it with a briny taste.

A well sunk on the freshwater side will flow with sweet water, but one that drills down into the brackish meeting point between fresh and salt will come up briny.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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