briar

5 definitions found

briar - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Briar \Bri"ar\, n.
     Same as Brier.
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  Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\ (br[imac]"[~e]r), n. [OE. brere,
     brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn,
     brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]
     1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles;
        especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
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     2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
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              The thorns and briers of reproof.     --Cowper.
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     Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia
        and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also
        2nd brier.
  
     Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax
        (Smilax rotundifolia, etc.)
  
     Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.
  
     Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina.
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briar - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  briar
      n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
           bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn:
           sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine,
           Rosa eglanteria]
      2: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States
         growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny
         leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by
         clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier,
         greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier,
         brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia]
      3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
         flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used
         to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier,
         Erica arborea]
      4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath [syn:
         briar, briar pipe]

briar - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Briar, MO
    Zip code(s): 63931
  Briar, TX (CDP, FIPS 10192)
    Location: 32.99214 N, 97.55464 W
    Population (1990): 3899 (1656 housing units)
    Area: 51.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

briar - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "briar":
     adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, brier, brier bush, bristle,
     bulldog, burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal,
     decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses,
     mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle,
     quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike,
     spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yucca