Briareus

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Briareus [braɪˈɛərɪəs]

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a giant with a hundred arms and fifty heads who aided Zeus and the Olympians against the Titans

Briarean adj

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Briarean			In the triangle of bright outer sunlight I saw the Martian, in its Briareus of a handling-machine, scrutinizing the curate's head. The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context A slight breeze at this moment sprang up, and the great sails began to move, seeing which Don Quixote exclaimed, "Though ye flourish more arms than the giant Briareus, ye have to reckon with me. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context The poets feign, that the rest of the gods would have bound Jupiter; which he hearing of, by the counsel of Pallas, sent for Briareus, with his hundred hands, to come in to his aid. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context			Brewer's spruce brewer's yeast brewer’s droop brewer’s yeast brewery Brewhouse brewing brewis brewmaster brewpub brewski Brewster Brewsterite brey Breyer Brezhnev Brezilin Brian Brian Boru Briand Briansk briar briar pipe briard Briarean Briareus briarroot briarwood briary bribable bribe Bribeless Briber bribery Bribery oath Bric-a brac bric-a-brac bric-à-brac Brice bricht brick brick cheese Brick clay Brick dust Brick earth brick in brick in or up Brick loaf Brick nogging brick over brick red			Brianskii, Iakov Grigorevich Brianta Briantsev, Aleksandr Briantsev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Briantsev, Andrei Briantsev, Andrei Mikhailovich Brianza Traffic Terror Team briar briar Briar Bush Nature Center Briar Cliff College Briar Cliff University Briar Cottage Day Nursery briar pipe briar pipe briar pipes briar pipes Briar Woods High School Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Briarcliff Property Owners Association Briarcliff Woods Beach Club Briarcrest Christian School briard briard briard Briarean Briareus Briareus, Cottus, and Gyges briarroot briars briars briarwood briary briary BRIB bribable bribable bribable bribable bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe into doing Bribe Payers Index Bribe Payers Survey bribe to take a false oath bribed bribed bribed bribed Bribeless briber briber briber briber

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