Brack vs Brank - What's the difference?
brack | brank |
(obsolete) Salt or brackish water.
An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
* J. Fletcher
(usually, in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually, in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
To put someone in the branks
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
(Scotland) To prance; to caper.
As nouns the difference between brack and brank
is that brack is salt or brackish water while brank is a metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.As a verb brank is
to put someone in the branks.brack
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) brac.Noun
(-)- (Drayton)
Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) braak.Noun
(en noun)- Stain or brack in her sweet reputation.
brank
English
Etymology 1
Compare Gaelic brangus'', ''brangas'', a sort of pillory, Irish ''brancas'', halter, or Dutch ''pranger , fetter.Noun
(en noun)- (Jamieson)
Verb
(en verb)- (Jamieson)