Definition of Breir
{ Bri"er, Bri"ar } (&?;), n. [OE.
brere, brer, AS. brēr, 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. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A thorny Mediterranean shrub.
- A pipe made from the roots of that shrub.
- A metaphor for any unpleasantry in general.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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