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briar
1[ brahy-er ]
briar
2[ brahy-er ]
noun
briar
1/ ˈbraɪə /
briar
2/ ˈbraɪə /
noun
- Also calledtree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea , of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot)
- a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant
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Derived Forms
- ˈbriary, adjective
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Other Words From
- briar·y adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of briar1
C19: from French bruyère heath, from Late Latin brūcus , of Gaulish origin
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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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