briery

3 definitions found

briery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Briery \Bri"er*y\, a.
     Full of briers; thorny.
     [1913 Webster]

  Briery \Bri"er*y\, n.
     A place where briers grow. --Huloet.
     [1913 Webster]

briery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  briery
      adj 1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or
             spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short
             bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits";
             "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate,
             briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred,
             burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny,
             thorny]