Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brackish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brackish \Brack"ish\, a. [See {Brack} salt water.]
Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline
soil.
Springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish
though they be. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brackish
adj : slightly salty; "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep" [syn:
{briny}]
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