brack

US[brak]/bræk/1 syllable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Brack (brăk), noun

Origin: Cf.D. braak, Dan. bræk, a breaking, Sw. & Icel. brak a crackling, creaking. Cf. Breach.

An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw.

Stain or brack in her sweet reputation.— John Fletcher

Brack noun

Origin: D. brak, adj., salt; cf. LG. wrak refuse, G. brack.

Salt or brackish water. obsolete Michael Drayton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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