brier
noun
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
briery
-
a word derived from
brier.
Example Sentences
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The result is a briery, humor-speckled portrait of a roughhewn U.S. eccentric who lived only for the kill.
From Time Magazine Archive
His drawling, "God-gifted" voice has been variously described as "warty," "briery," "wood-raspy," and even "like a shoebox full of bullfrogs."
From Time Magazine Archive
The empire was briery threatened last spring when a Corsican hood named Michel Defendin loudly announced his intention of "conquering the Place Pigalle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Threading the briery dell, and following the brook that prattled down the steep slope, I climbed the hill which directly overhangs the hamlet.
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
A Zephyr loved the blushing flower, With sigh and fond love tale; It woo'd within its briery bower The rose of Seaton Vale.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
