Variant or dialect form of 'briny,' meaning salty or containing salt.
Dialectal variation of 'briny' with spelling influenced by Scottish and Northern English pronunciation patterns.
Dialect spellings like this show real pronunciation differences—'brinie' suggests a speaker who pronounces the '-y' ending as '-ie,' common in Scottish English and preserved in words like 'laddie.'
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