bramblen.¹

/ˈbramb(ə)l/

Forms: Old English brémel, brǽmel, brǽmbel, Old English–Middle English brembel, Middle English brimbel, Middle English brimbyl, Middle English brembil, brembul, brimbil, Middle English bremmyll, brymbyl(l, brymmeylle, Middle English–1500s brymble, Middle English–1800s bremble (in 1800s dialect), 1500s brambel, brombille, brymmil, 1500s– bramble.

Etymology: Old English brembel , bræmbel , later form (with euphonic b , and consequent shortening of vowel) of brémel, brǽmel, masculine < Old Germanic type bræ̂milo-z , diminutive of the word, of which the simplest forms are Old English bróm broom n. < West Germanic *brâm < Old Germanic *bræ̂mo-z , and West Germanic *brâma ‘thorny shrub’ (Old High German brâma , Middle Dutch brame , Dutch braam , Middle Low German braam ), < Old Germanic bræ̂mâ- strong feminine. Compare modern German brombeere brambleberry, blackberry. See also broom n.

A rough prickly shrub; spec. the blackberry-bush ( Rubus fruticosus).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush

bramblec1000

bramble-brierc1000

bremberOE

brierc1000

hound's thornc1420

bramec1425

blackberry?1550

bramble-bush1579

stone bramble1744

raunce1840

bush-lawyer1853

lawyer1857

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush

bramblec1000

bramble-brierc1000

bremberOE

bramec1425

blackberry?1550

bramble-bush1579

raunce1840

c1000 Ælfric Genesis iii. 18 Ðornas and bremelas heo asprit ðe.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 192 Genim þas wyrte þe man erusti, & oðrum naman bremel [v.r. bræmbel] nemneð.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 290 Wiþ utwærce brembel þe sien begen endas on eorþan.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 223 Se eorðe..sylðe þornes and brembles.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 924 Brembel [v.r. brimbyl] and thorn it sal te yeild.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxi. 40 For whete be sprunge to me a brimbil.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 89 Tho cam we in to a felde ful of brome and brembles.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ix. 110 My wrechit fuid wes berreis of the brymmil.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. U iv^v The bramble bindeth, drieth and dieth heyre.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 Their defenceless Limbs, the Brambles tear.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 161. ⁋1 Tully sought amidst bushes and brambles the tomb of Archimedes.

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 111 There is a double white-flowered variety of the common Bramble.

figurative.1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 That asinine feast of sowthistles and brambles which is commonly set before them.1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 192 The roses had not yet been plucked from the bramble.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. Also brambleberry n.

bramble-brake n.

bramble-brier n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush

bramblec1000

bramble-brierc1000

bremberOE

brierc1000

hound's thornc1420

bramec1425

blackberry?1550

bramble-bush1579

stone bramble1744

raunce1840

bush-lawyer1853

lawyer1857

bramblec1000

bramble-brierc1000

bremberOE

bramec1425

blackberry?1550

bramble-bush1579

raunce1840

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 269 Tribulus, bræmbelbrær.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 87 Bramble breer, or Blackberry.

bramble-bud n.

bramble-bush n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush

bramblec1000

bramble-brierc1000

bremberOE

brierc1000

hound's thornc1420

bramec1425

blackberry?1550

bramble-bush1579

stone bramble1744

raunce1840

bush-lawyer1853

lawyer1857

bramblec1000

bramble-brierc1000

bremberOE

bramec1425

blackberry?1550

bramble-bush1579

raunce1840

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 7 The Bramble bush, where Byrds..their tunes attemper.

1846 Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (1864) III. 163 An incautious approach to a Bramble-bush.

bramble-leaf n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush > leaf, bark, or loop

bramble-leaf1591

bramble-loop1866

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H2^v This with sharpe teeth the bramble leaues doth lop.

bramble-thread n.

bramble-wood n.

C2.

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bramble-bond n. a bramble-shoot used to bind straw in thatching, etc.

bramble-brand n. a parasitic fungus ( Aregma rubi) which appears on the bramble.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > causing disease in plants

bunt1800

Sclerotium1813

Alternaria1834

oidium1836

Septoria1836

conk1851

Rhizopus1854

snow-mould1855

vine-mildew1855

vine-fungus1857

bramble-brand1867

Microsphaera1871

wood-fungus1876

sphacelia1879

blue mould1882

orange fungus1882

cluster-cup1883

hop-mildew1883

powdery mildew1886

cladosporium1887

shot-hole fungus1897

verdet1897

wound-fungus1897

fusarium1907

verticillium1916

rhynchosporium1918

coral-spot1923

blind-seed fungus1939

sclerotinia1950

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 294 Bramble Brand; hypogynous with a dull red stain on the upper surface.

bramble-cure n. a superstitious practice formerly employed in country districts for the cure of disease (cf. bramble-loop n.).

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > types of folk-remedy

urtication1837

bramble-cure1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 996/1 In Cornwall the bramble-cure is only employed for boils.

bramble-flower n. the flower or blossom of a bramble; also the Dog-rose ( Rosa canina).

bramble-loop n. the loop formed by a bramble-shoot bent round so as to root itself into the ground again.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush > leaf, bark, or loop

bramble-leaf1591

bramble-loop1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 996/1 We have heard of cows that were..dragged through the bramble-loop.

bramble-rose n. the white trailing dog-rose.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun]

brierc1000

eglaterea1400

eglantinec1400

hound's thornc1420

dogberry1527

dog-briar1530

sweet-briar1538

brier-bush1562

dog bramble1567

canker1582

dog rose1597

canker rose1606

dog-thorn1694

cynorrhodon1706

bramble-rose1713

Scotch rose1731

white dog rose1770

brier-rose1810

bull-brier1860

missionary1881

burnet-rose1884

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 291 The Woodbind and the Bramble-Rose.

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Frequently Scottish and English regional (northern). The fruit of a bramble; esp. a blackberry.

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1785 W. Cowper Task i. 7 The bramble, black as jet, or sloes austere.

1848 Young Cook's Assistant 108 Bramble jam. Weigh like any other jam, equal weight of brambles and sugar.

1922 U. P. Hedrick Cycl. Hardy Fruits iv. xv. 267/1 Thus, the brambles are spoken of as coarse or fine-grained, tough or tender, hard, soft, or melting, and seedy or free from seeds.

1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes v. 65 There's going to be a good crop of brambles the year.

2013 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 21/3 My wife, who is from Suffolk with a Leicester mother, insists on calling the fruits blackberries, and their plants they grow on, brambles. I am from the North East, with a Scottish mother, and call the fruit brambles, which grow on bramble bushes.

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bramble jelly n. Frequently Scottish and English regional (northern). a preserve made from blackberry juice and sugar.

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1848 Young Cook's Assistant 108 Bramble jelly may be made of the juice; but as there is not much juice in brambles, it is very seldom done.

1983 B. MacLaverty Cal 135 Two pots of bramble jelly, neatly dated, stood on Cal's shelf for six weeks before he could bear to open one.

2007 Wine & Spirit May 89/6 (table) Flavours of Jammy Dodger biscuits, spicy bramble jelly and earthy herbs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bramble
释义	bramblen.¹ /ˈbramb(ə)l/ Forms: Old English brémel, brǽmel, brǽmbel, Old English–Middle English brembel, Middle English brimbel, Middle English brimbyl, Middle English brembil, brembul, brimbil, Middle English bremmyll, brymbyl(l, brymmeylle, Middle English–1500s brymble, Middle English–1800s bremble (in 1800s dialect), 1500s brambel, brombille, brymmil, 1500s– bramble. Etymology: Old English brembel , bræmbel , later form (with euphonic b , and consequent shortening of vowel) of brémel, brǽmel, masculine < Old Germanic type bræ̂milo-z , diminutive of the word, of which the simplest forms are Old English bróm broom n. < West Germanic brâm < Old Germanic bræ̂mo-z , and West Germanic brâma ‘thorny shrub’ (Old High German brâma* , Middle Dutch brame , Dutch braam , Middle Low German braam ), < Old Germanic bræ̂mâ- strong feminine. Compare modern German brombeere brambleberry, blackberry. See also broom n. A rough prickly shrub; spec. the blackberry-bush ( Rubus fruticosus). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush bramblec1000 bramble-brierc1000 bremberOE brierc1000 hound's thornc1420 bramec1425 blackberry?1550 bramble-bush1579 stone bramble1744 raunce1840 bush-lawyer1853 lawyer1857 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush bramblec1000 bramble-brierc1000 bremberOE bramec1425 blackberry?1550 bramble-bush1579 raunce1840 c1000 Ælfric Genesis iii. 18 Ðornas and bremelas heo asprit ðe. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 192 Genim þas wyrte þe man erusti, & oðrum naman bremel [v.r. bræmbel] nemneð. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 290 Wiþ utwærce brembel þe sien begen endas on eorþan. c1175 Cott. Hom. 223 Se eorðe..sylðe þornes and brembles. a1300 Cursor Mundi 924 Brembel [v.r. brimbyl] and thorn it sal te yeild. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxi. 40 For whete be sprunge to me a brimbil. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 89 Tho cam we in to a felde ful of brome and brembles. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ix. 110 My wrechit fuid wes berreis of the brymmil. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. U iv^v The bramble bindeth, drieth and dieth heyre. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 Their defenceless Limbs, the Brambles tear. View more context for this quotation 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 161. ⁋1 Tully sought amidst bushes and brambles the tomb of Archimedes. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 111 There is a double white-flowered variety of the common Bramble. figurative.1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 That asinine feast of sowthistles and brambles which is commonly set before them.1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 192 The roses had not yet been plucked from the bramble. Compounds C1. General attributive. Also brambleberry n. bramble-brake n. bramble-brier n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush bramblec1000 bramble-brierc1000 bremberOE brierc1000 hound's thornc1420 bramec1425 blackberry?1550 bramble-bush1579 stone bramble1744 raunce1840 bush-lawyer1853 lawyer1857 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush bramblec1000 bramble-brierc1000 bremberOE bramec1425 blackberry?1550 bramble-bush1579 raunce1840 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 269 Tribulus, bræmbelbrær. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 87 Bramble breer, or Blackberry. bramble-bud n. bramble-bush n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush bramblec1000 bramble-brierc1000 bremberOE brierc1000 hound's thornc1420 bramec1425 blackberry?1550 bramble-bush1579 stone bramble1744 raunce1840 bush-lawyer1853 lawyer1857 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush bramblec1000 bramble-brierc1000 bremberOE bramec1425 blackberry?1550 bramble-bush1579 raunce1840 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 7 The Bramble bush, where Byrds..their tunes attemper. 1846 Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (1864) III. 163 An incautious approach to a Bramble-bush. bramble-leaf n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush > leaf, bark, or loop bramble-leaf1591 bramble-loop1866 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H2^v This with sharpe teeth the bramble leaues doth lop. bramble-thread n. bramble-wood n. C2. Categories » bramble-bond n. a bramble-shoot used to bind straw in thatching, etc. bramble-brand n. a parasitic fungus ( Aregma rubi) which appears on the bramble. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > causing disease in plants bunt1800 Sclerotium1813 Alternaria1834 oidium1836 Septoria1836 conk1851 Rhizopus1854 snow-mould1855 vine-mildew1855 vine-fungus1857 bramble-brand1867 Microsphaera1871 wood-fungus1876 sphacelia1879 blue mould1882 orange fungus1882 cluster-cup1883 hop-mildew1883 powdery mildew1886 cladosporium1887 shot-hole fungus1897 verdet1897 wound-fungus1897 fusarium1907 verticillium1916 rhynchosporium1918 coral-spot1923 blind-seed fungus1939 sclerotinia1950 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 294 Bramble Brand; hypogynous with a dull red stain on the upper surface. bramble-cure n. a superstitious practice formerly employed in country districts for the cure of disease (cf. bramble-loop n.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > types of folk-remedy urtication1837 bramble-cure1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 996/1 In Cornwall the bramble-cure is only employed for boils. bramble-flower n. the flower or blossom of a bramble; also the Dog-rose ( Rosa canina). bramble-loop n. the loop formed by a bramble-shoot bent round so as to root itself into the ground again. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush > leaf, bark, or loop bramble-leaf1591 bramble-loop1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 996/1 We have heard of cows that were..dragged through the bramble-loop. bramble-rose n. the white trailing dog-rose. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] brierc1000 eglaterea1400 eglantinec1400 hound's thornc1420 dogberry1527 dog-briar1530 sweet-briar1538 brier-bush1562 dog bramble1567 canker1582 dog rose1597 canker rose1606 dog-thorn1694 cynorrhodon1706 bramble-rose1713 Scotch rose1731 white dog rose1770 brier-rose1810 bull-brier1860 missionary1881 burnet-rose1884 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 291 The Woodbind and the Bramble-Rose. Draft additions March 2019 Frequently Scottish and English regional (northern). The fruit of a bramble; esp. a blackberry. ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 7 The bramble, black as jet, or sloes austere. 1848 Young Cook's Assistant 108 Bramble jam. Weigh like any other jam, equal weight of brambles and sugar. 1922 U. P. Hedrick Cycl. Hardy Fruits iv. xv. 267/1 Thus, the brambles are spoken of as coarse or fine-grained, tough or tender, hard, soft, or melting, and seedy or free from seeds. 1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes v. 65 There's going to be a good crop of brambles the year. 2013 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 21/3 My wife, who is from Suffolk with a Leicester mother, insists on calling the fruits blackberries, and their plants they grow on, brambles. I am from the North East, with a Scottish mother, and call the fruit brambles, which grow on bramble bushes. Draft additions March 2019 bramble jelly n. Frequently Scottish and English regional (northern). a preserve made from blackberry juice and sugar. ΚΠ 1848 Young Cook's Assistant 108 Bramble jelly may be made of the juice; but as there is not much juice in brambles, it is very seldom done. 1983 B. MacLaverty Cal 135 Two pots of bramble jelly, neatly dated, stood on Cal's shelf for six weeks before he could bear to open one. 2007 Wine & Spirit May 89/6 (table) Flavours of Jammy Dodger biscuits, spicy bramble jelly and earthy herbs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). bramblen.² Etymology: Shortened < brambling n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbramble. = brambling n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla montifringilla (brambling) brambling1570 mountain spink1611 bramble1674 mountain finch1678 snow-finch1781 snow-hammer1802 snow-lark1832 cock of the North1834 furze-chucker1847 bramble-finch1865 1674 J. Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 83 The Bramble or Brambling. Derivatives Hence (or from bramble n.¹). bramble-finch n. = brambling n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla montifringilla (brambling) brambling1570 mountain spink1611 bramble1674 mountain finch1678 snow-finch1781 snow-hammer1802 snow-lark1832 cock of the North1834 furze-chucker1847 bramble-finch1865 1865 Derby Merc. 25 Jan. Mr. Scrimshaw also sent three grey parrots, a macaw..and bramblefinches. 1881 Standard 2 Mar. 5 The Act..omits the bramblefinch. Thesaurus » Categories » bramble-net n. ‘a net for catching birds, a hallier’ (Phillips 1706). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹c1000n.²1674
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bramblen.1

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Derivatives

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