Briery \Bri"er*y\, a.
Full of briers; thorny.
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Briery \Bri"er*y\, n.
A place where briers grow. --Huloet.
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briery
adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous,
spiny, thorny]
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