How To Use Brackishness In A Sentence
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The brown water, grass-sheeted at the sides, conceals the bright yellow sand of the bed; when placed in a tumbler it looks clear and colourless, and the taste is perfectly sweet — brackishness does not extend far above Porto da Lenha.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
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With each seasonal death of the marsh, some of the carp, crabs, and crayfish succeed in escaping to the brackishness of Sonoma Creek, from which they migrated.
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When used at the table it imparts a slight saltiness without the brackishness or lip cringing effect of other salts.
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The brown water, grass-sheeted at the sides, conceals the bright yellow sand of the bed; when placed in a tumbler it looks clear and colourless, and the taste is perfectly sweet -- brackishness does not extend far above Porto da Lenha.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
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These lovely little drum continued to be rather common this summer, possibly due to the increased brackishness in the Tappan Zee.
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Throughout this whole region, the rocky strata are in many places so impregnated with salt, that the springs which rise out of them cannot be used by reason of the brackishness of their waters.
Statistics, Facts, and Dates, for the Sunday Recitations of the Junior Class in the University. 15 p.
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During our visit we came across evidence of the brackishness of many of the coastal water supplies, and noticed the lack of locally produced fruit and vegetables.
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Until the drought of the 1960s and 1970s which accentuated brackishness in the river, it was most suitable for rice cultivation all year round.
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And thus, in thy Word, it was not the depth of the sea but "the earth," [611] separated from the brackishness of the water, that brought forth, not "the creeping and the flying creature that has life," but "the living soul" itself!
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler
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If the earthquake had already been, Nelson must have observed the brackishness of the spring and he would then have preferred to take his water from the usual fresh source which supplied the inhabitants of his day, and, in speaking of "having watered at the fountain of Arethusa," he would be trusting to Lady Hamilton's familiarity with that figure which permits the part to be put for the whole.
Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions
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The water had a suspiciously transparent colour and a slight trace of brackishness, but the latter was scarcely perceptible.
Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
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Now, as every drop of sea-water retains the brackishness and saltness of the whole; so every staggering doubt that is an issue of this unbelief hath in it the unsavouriness and distastefulness unto God that is in the whole.
The Sermons of John Owen
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_Canua_ is a small country town, eighteen c. from Agra, W. by S. around which very good indigo is made, owing to the strength of the soil and brackishness of the water.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08
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The Salmon is accounted the King of freshwater fish; and is ever bred in rivers relating to the sea, yet so high. or far from it, as admits of no tincture of salt, or brackishness.
The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation
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My predecessor declares that the brackishness of its produce has stood in the way of its reputation for holiness.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
