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Briery

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bri·er 1 also bri·ar  (brr)
n.
Any of several prickly plants, such as certain rosebushes or the greenbrier.
[Middle English brer, from Old English brr.]
brier·y adj.
bri·er 2  (brr)
n.
Variant of briar1.
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Adj.1.briery - 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"
barbellate, briary, bristled, setaceous, setose, burred, burry, prickly, barbed, spiny, thorny, bristly
armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
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It was at the dawn of day in the merry Maytime, when hedgerows are green and flowers bedeck the meadows; daisies pied and yellow cuckoo buds and fair primroses all along the briery hedges; when apple buds blossom and sweet birds sing, the lark at dawn of day, the throstle cock and cuckoo; when lads and lasses look upon each other with sweet thoughts; when busy housewives spread their linen to bleach upon the bright green grass.
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