English-Thai Dictionary

brier

N พุ่มไม้ มี หนาม เช่น  กุหลาบ ป่า  phum-mai-me-nam-chen-ku-lab-pa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BRIER

n. 1. In a general sense, a prickly plant or shrub. Isaiah 5:6; Judges 8:7.
2. In a limited sense, the sweet-brier and the wild-brier, species of the rose.

 

BRIERY

a.Full of briers; rough; thorny.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BRIER; BRIAR

Bri "er, Bri "ar, n. Etym: [OE. brere, brer, AS. brer, brær; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]

 

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

 

2. 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. Walleri; -- 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.

 

BRIERED

BRIERED Bri "ered, a.

 

Defn: Set with briers. Chatterton.

 

BRIERY

BRIERY Bri "er *y, a.

 

Defn: Full of briers; thorny.

 

BRIERY

BRIERY Bri "er *y, n.

 

Defn: A place where briers grow. Huloet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

brier

bri er 1 |ˈbrī (ə )r ˈbraɪər |(also briar ) ▶noun any of a number of prickly scrambling shrubs, esp. the sweetbrier and other wild roses. DERIVATIVES bri er y adjective ORIGIN Old English brǣr, brēr, of unknown origin.

 

brier

bri er 2 |ˈbraɪər ˈbrī (ə )r |(also briar ) ▶noun 1 (also brier pipe ) a tobacco pipe made from nodules borne at ground level by a large woody plant of the heath family. 2 the white-flowered shrub of the heath family that bears these nodules, native chiefly to France and Corsica. [Erica arborea, family Ericaceae. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French bruyère ‘heath, heather, ’ from medieval Latin brucus.

 

brierroot

bri er root |ˈbrī (ə )rˌro͞ot, -ˌro͝ot ˈbraɪərˌrut | ▶noun wood from the nodules of the brier (Erica arborea ), used esp. for making tobacco pipes.

 

brierwood

bri er wood |ˈbrī (ə )rˌwo͝od ˈbraɪərˌwʊd | ▶noun another term for brierroot.

 

Oxford Dictionary

brier

brier 1 ▶noun variant spelling of briar 1.

 

brier

brier 2 ▶noun variant spelling of briar 2.

 

brierroot

bri er root |ˈbrī (ə )rˌro͞ot, -ˌro͝ot ˈbraɪərˌrut | ▶noun wood from the nodules of the brier (Erica arborea ), used esp. for making tobacco pipes.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

brier

bri er /bráɪə r /名詞 ＝briar 1 , briar 2 .