briar

¹

[ brahy-er ]

noun

1. brier ¹.

briar

²

[ brahy-er ]

noun

1. brier ².

briar

¹

/ ˈbraɪə /

noun

1. Also calledtree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea , of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot)
2. a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant

briar

²

/ ˈbraɪə /

noun

1. See brier
   a variant spelling of brier 1

Derived Forms

• ˈbriary, adjective

Other Words From

• briar·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of briar¹

C19: from French bruyère heath, from Late Latin brūcus , of Gaulish origin

Example Sentences

On, ever on, in the darkness and the mire, through clumps of whin and stray bushes of wild briar.

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Unmistakably, up from the paper rose the strong, vivid scent—of a briar-wood pipe.

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All England hath paid his taxes with my patrimony: I was a sheep that left my wool on every briar.

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He loiters with the briar rose,— The blue-belles are his play-fellows,That dance upon their slender stem.

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My coat was torn on a briar; I fired my gun at a crow as I went over the fields to my cottage.

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