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Brier

Alternates

Briar
Bri"ar

Brier (brier)
n.	((?))
Bri"er
[OE. brere, brer, AS. br*emacr]r, brær; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]

A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.

Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

The thorns and briers of reproof.
Cowper.

Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and S. Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. -- Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax (S. rotundifolia, etc.) -- Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier. - - Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina.

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