brierbriarbreren.¹

Brit.

/ˈbrʌɪə/, /brʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈbraɪ(ə)r/

/brɪə(r)/

Forms: Old English brǽr, brér, Middle English brer, Middle English–1800s brere, Middle English breyer, Middle English–1700s breere, Middle English–1600s breer, Middle English breyr, 1500s breare, breir, 1500s–1600s bryer, 1500s–1700s bryar, 1500s– brier, briar.

Etymology: Old English: West Saxon brǽr, Anglian brér, of unknown origin. The direct representative of the Old English and Middle English word is brere , still usual in the dialects, and retained by the poets from Chaucer and Spenser. The rise of the variant brier in the 16th cent. is not easy to account for, especially as the spelling bryer shows that this never rhymed with bier , tier , but with dyer , crier . But the phonetic change was exactly parallel to, and contemporaneous with that of Middle English frere , freyre , to fryer , frier , friar n. Briar is a later variant (compare lier, liar), and is now equally common. The word is historically a monosyllable, but poets have often made two syllables of it, a pronunciation supported by the spelling briar.

a. A prickly, thorny bush or shrub in general; formerly including the bramble, but now usually confined to wild rose bushes.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [noun] > thorn-tree

thorna700

brierc1000

thorn-bushc1330

nettle bush?c1475

thorn-tree1483

thornlet1865

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

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

α. Form brere (breer, brear).

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

c1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 96 Brer þe hioran on weaxaþ.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Breres rose.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 331 As þe rose spryng of þe brer.

a1375 William of Palerne (1867) l. 1809 Blake-beries þat on breres growen.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xvii. clii. 704 An hegge..of breers, of thornes, and trees made.

c1405 (c1385) Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 674 Down in the brerys.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 49 Brere, or brymmeylle.

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 74 Foregrowen with nettels, breers, and other euil weedes.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 119 The fruite of the brere called an Hep.

1590 Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K2 Ragged breares.

1595 Spenser Amoretti xxvi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B6^v Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 94 A pipe of Ote or Brere.

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 20 Mong roots and breers, & thorns.

1747 W. Mason Musæus 10 Ne bush, ne breere, but learnt thy roundelay.

1830 Tennyson Poems 76 They..from the blosmy brere Call to the fleeting year.

1865 [see sense 2].

β. Form brier (bryer).?a1400 Chester Pl. 74 A horned weither..Amonge the breyers tyed is he.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 17 Thystyls and breyrs—yei, grete plenté.] 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Bv Do brears bring forth fygges, or thornes grapes?1579 E. K. in Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Argt. The Oake and the Bryer [1597 brier].1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lv. 13 In stead of the brier shall come vp the Myrtle tree. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre ii. 54 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Throwing him among Bryers.1720 I. Watts Sluggard in Divine & Moral Songs 3 I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier.1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. v. 442 Overgrown with briars and brambles. 1822 Byron Werner iii. i. 159 The doubts that rise like briers in our path.1847 Tennyson Princess v. 95 I was..torn with briers.γ. Form briar (bryar).1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bryar..a lytle or yonge bryer.a1616 Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iv. 32 Summer, When Briars shall haue leaues as well as thornes, And be as sweet as sharpe. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 56. ¶3 He walked through Briars and Brambles.1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiii. 134 Nor weeds nor briars deform'd the natural floor.1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xv. 349 The Briar, the Bramble, the Thorn that crept along the barren side of the mountain.

b. techn. The stock or stem of a wild rose, on which a garden rose is grafted.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of > stem on which garden rose is grafted

brier1575

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 70^v Honor is ioyned to vertue as the brier is to the roase.

1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 213/2 Roses worked on Briars are very apt to lose by the growth of the stock.

c. With qualifications: sweet brier n. a species of wild rose ( R. rubiginosa) with fragrant leaves and shoots. Austrian brier n. ( R. lutea) a climbing yellow rose. sensitive brier n. the genus Schronkia.green brier: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush

summer rosea1456

French rose1538

damask rose?a1547

musk rose1559

province1562

winter rose1577

Austrian brier1590

rose of Provence1597

velvet rose1597

damasine-rose1607

Provence rose1614

blush-rose1629

maiden's blush1648

monthly rose tree1664

Provinsa1678

York and Lancaster rose1688

cinnamon rose1699

muscat rose1707

cabbage rose1727

China-rose1731

old-fashioned rose1773

moss rose1777

swamp rose1785

alba1797

Cherokee rose1804

Macartney rose1811

shepherd's rose1818

multiflora1820

prairie rose1822

Boursault1826

Banksian rose1827

maiden rose1827

moss1829

Noisette1829

seven sisters rose1830

Dundee rambler1834

Banksia rose1835

Chickasaw rose1835

Bourbon1836

climbing rose1836

green rose1837

hybrid China1837

Jaune Desprez1837

Lamarque1837

perpetual1837

pillar rose1837

rambler1837

wax rose1837

rugosa1840

China1844

Manetti1846

Banksian1847

remontant1847

gallica1848

hybrid perpetual1848

Persian Yellow1848

pole rose1848

monthly1849

tea rose1850

quarter sessions rose1851

Gloire de Dijon1854

Jacqueminot1857

Maréchal Niel1864

primrose1864

jack1867

La France1868

tea1869

Ramanas rose1876

Japanese rose1883

polyantha1883

old rose1885

American Beauty1887

hybrid tea1890

Japan rose1895

roselet1896

floribunda1898

Zéphirine Drouhin1901

Penzance briar1902

Dorothy Perkins1903

sweetheart1905

wichuraiana1907

mermaid1918

species rose1930

sweetheart rose1936

peace1944

shrub rose1948

1590 Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn6^v A sweet breare.

1626 Bacon Sylua Syluarum §562 There is also upon Sweet, or other Bryer, a fine Tuft..of Moss.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 7 The fuming Maze Of Sweet-Briar Hedges.

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 138 As yet, a double Austrian briar is a desideratum.

1882 Garden 27 May 373/1 Austrian Copper Brier is arranged in a low silver-gilt cup with small twigs of Sweet Brier.

2. Brier-bushes collectively.

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

brierc1340

breres brimmec1400

c1340 Cursor M. 924 (Fairf.) Brere [Cott. brembel] and þornes hit sal þe ȝilde.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Hosea x. 8 Cloote and breere shal stye on the auters of hem.

1600 Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 102 Through bogge, through bush, through brake, through bryer .

1821 Shelley Adonais xviii. 13 Build their mossy homes in field and brere.

1865 S. Evans Brother Fabian's MSS 59 They dolve a grave..And covered it with brere.

a. A branch or twig of a brier.

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

brier1393

brier-flowerc1400

brier-stalk1624

brier-ball1694

brier-bell1728

brier-leaf1766

1393 Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 402 Hit hadde be wexed with a wips of breres.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. Pref. p. vii A Crown of Briers and Thorns.

1818 Byron Beppo iv Walk about begirt with briars.

†b. A thorn of a brier. Obsolete.

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

briera1400

a1400 Rom. Rose 858 Hir flesh so tendre, That with a brere smale and slendre Men myght it cleve.

4. fig. (plural) Troubles, difficulties, vexations: in modern use with conscious reference to the literal sense. Hence †to leave in the briers, be in the briers, get out of the briers (all obsolete).

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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > circumstance or occurrence

plightc1300

woea1325

fanda1400

afflictionc1429

assayc1430

brier?1504

trouble?1521

distress1549

smarts1552

say?1572

infliction1590

disaccommodation1645

trial1754

ordeal1807

time1809

kill-cow1825

Via Crucis1844

Via Dolorosa1844

racket1877

pisser1957

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. hh.iv Fatal brerys whiche be contraryous.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diiii^v The bryers & paryls of this worlde.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 237/2 Leauyng the bishops and such other, in the bryars.

1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 3 ^v Now is hee free, that hapneth in the breares.

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 276 Helping a great offender out of the Bryars.

1674 Earl Kincardin in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xlv. 75 Wee..were glade to get out of the briers at that rate.

1770 Monthly Rev. 35 The Netherlanders..had freed themselves from the Romish briars.

1794 W. Blake Gard. Love in Songs Exper. 12 Priests..binding with briars my joys and desires.

Compounds

C1. General attrib.

brier-ball n.

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

brier1393

brier-flowerc1400

brier-stalk1624

brier-ball1694

brier-bell1728

brier-leaf1766

1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 30 Briar-balls dried and powdered.

brier-berry n.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > blackberry

blackberryOE

brambleberryc1000

bramberry1599

brier-berry1626

ramble-berry1658

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > blackberry

blackberryOE

brambleberryc1000

bramberry1599

brier-berry1626

ramble-berry1658

bumble-kite1685

bumbleberry1728

mooch1839

1626 Bacon Sylua Syluarum §577 The latest [Fruits] are..Grapes, Nuts, Quinces, Almonds, Sloes, Brier-berries.

brier-bush n.

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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

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 118^v Of the Brere bushe or Hep tre or Brere tre, Rubus canis.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Carçal A brier bush, Rubetum.

brier-flower n.

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

brier1393

brier-flowerc1400

brier-stalk1624

brier-ball1694

brier-bell1728

brier-leaf1766

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 791 Of ble as þe brere flour.

brier-leaf n.

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

brier1393

brier-flowerc1400

brier-stalk1624

brier-ball1694

brier-bell1728

brier-leaf1766

1766 J. Wesley Jrnl. 17 Sept. Applying a brier-leaf.

brier-stalk n.

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

brier1393

brier-flowerc1400

brier-stalk1624

brier-ball1694

brier-bell1728

brier-leaf1766

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 10 Bring forth a bryer stalke.

C2.

† brier-bell n. Obsolete the bedeguar of the wild rose.

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

brier1393

brier-flowerc1400

brier-stalk1624

brier-ball1694

brier-bell1728

brier-leaf1766

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Cynosbatos This Rose is apt to bring now and then..a Bryar-Bell, or a Spongiola, which is a Bunch of Threds, of a red Colour.

brier-coal n. ? charcoal made of twigs, etc.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > charcoal > [noun]

coalOE

charcoalc1400

lind-coal14..

black coal1525

small coal1591

beech-coal1607

sallow charcoal1615

brier-coal1626

wood-coal1653

withy-cole1657

chark1708

vegetable ethiops1752

biochar1995

1626 Bacon Sylua Syluarum §775 Small-coal or Briar-coal poured upon Char coal make them last longer.

† brier-crook n. Obsolete an implement for removing briers.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > weeding tools

weed hookeOE

weeding hook1378

weedera1425

brier-crook1483

tongs?1523

weeding knife1598

broom-hook1660

weeder knifea1796

shovel-plough1801

extirpator1807

shovel-cultivator1869

thistle-digger1877

thistle-spud1896

thistle-cutter1901

flamethrower1915

flame gun1931

weed cutter2000

1483 Cath. Angl. 43 A Brerecruke, falcastrum.

brier-rose n.

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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

1810 Scott Lady of Lake i. 15 The briar-rose fell in streamers green.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 481 The briar-rose, Rustling outside within the flowery close.

1882 Garden 10 June 411/3 Bouquets of pink Brier Roses.

brier-tree n. the Dog-rose.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	brier
释义	brierbriarbreren.¹ Brit. /ˈbrʌɪə/, /brʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈbraɪ(ə)r/ /brɪə(r)/ Forms: Old English brǽr, brér, Middle English brer, Middle English–1800s brere, Middle English breyer, Middle English–1700s breere, Middle English–1600s breer, Middle English breyr, 1500s breare, breir, 1500s–1600s bryer, 1500s–1700s bryar, 1500s– brier, briar. Etymology: Old English: West Saxon brǽr, Anglian brér, of unknown origin. The direct representative of the Old English and Middle English word is brere , still usual in the dialects, and retained by the poets from Chaucer and Spenser. The rise of the variant brier in the 16th cent. is not easy to account for, especially as the spelling bryer shows that this never rhymed with bier , tier , but with dyer , crier . But the phonetic change was exactly parallel to, and contemporaneous with that of Middle English frere , freyre , to fryer , frier , friar n. Briar is a later variant (compare lier, liar), and is now equally common. The word is historically a monosyllable, but poets have often made two syllables of it, a pronunciation supported by the spelling briar. 1. a. A prickly, thorny bush or shrub in general; formerly including the bramble, but now usually confined to wild rose bushes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [noun] > thorn-tree thorna700 brierc1000 thorn-bushc1330 nettle bush?c1475 thorn-tree1483 thornlet1865 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 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 α. Form brere* (breer, brear).* c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 269 Tribulus, bræmbel~brær. c1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 96 Brer þe hioran on weaxaþ. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Breres rose. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 331 As þe rose spryng of þe brer. a1375 William of Palerne (1867) l. 1809 Blake-beries þat on breres growen. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xvii. clii. 704 An hegge..of breers, of thornes, and trees made. c1405 (c1385) Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 674 Down in the brerys. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 49 Brere, or brymmeylle. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 74 Foregrowen with nettels, breers, and other euil weedes. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 119 The fruite of the brere called an Hep. 1590 Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K2 Ragged breares. 1595 Spenser Amoretti xxvi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B6^v Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 94 A pipe of Ote or Brere. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 20 Mong roots and breers, & thorns. 1747 W. Mason Musæus 10 Ne bush, ne breere, but learnt thy roundelay. 1830 Tennyson Poems 76 They..from the blosmy brere Call to the fleeting year. 1865 [see sense 2]. β. Form brier (bryer).?a1400 Chester Pl. 74 A horned weither..Amonge the breyers tyed is he.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 17 Thystyls and breyrs—yei, grete plenté.] 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Bv Do brears bring forth fygges, or thornes grapes?1579 E. K. in Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Argt. The Oake and the Bryer [1597 brier].1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lv. 13 In stead of the brier shall come vp the Myrtle tree. View more context for this quotation1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre ii. 54 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Throwing him among Bryers.1720 I. Watts Sluggard in Divine & Moral Songs 3 I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier.1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. v. 442 Overgrown with briars and brambles. View more context for this quotation1822 Byron Werner iii. i. 159 The doubts that rise like briers in our path.1847 Tennyson Princess v. 95 I was..torn with briers.γ. Form briar (bryar).1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bryar..a lytle or yonge bryer.a1616 Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iv. 32 Summer, When Briars shall haue leaues as well as thornes, And be as sweet as sharpe. View more context for this quotation1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 56. ¶3 He walked through Briars and Brambles.1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiii. 134 Nor weeds nor briars deform'd the natural floor.1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xv. 349 The Briar, the Bramble, the Thorn that crept along the barren side of the mountain. b. techn. The stock or stem of a wild rose, on which a garden rose is grafted. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of > stem on which garden rose is grafted brier1575 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 70^v Honor is ioyned to vertue as the brier is to the roase. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 213/2 Roses worked on Briars are very apt to lose by the growth of the stock. c. With qualifications: sweet brier n. a species of wild rose ( R. rubiginosa) with fragrant leaves and shoots. Austrian brier n. ( R. lutea) a climbing yellow rose. sensitive brier n. the genus Schronkia.green brier: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 1590 Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn6^v A sweet breare. 1626 Bacon Sylua Syluarum §562 There is also upon Sweet, or other Bryer, a fine Tuft..of Moss. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 7 The fuming Maze Of Sweet-Briar Hedges. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 138 As yet, a double Austrian briar is a desideratum. 1882 Garden 27 May 373/1 Austrian Copper Brier is arranged in a low silver-gilt cup with small twigs of Sweet Brier. 2. Brier-bushes collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > collectively brierc1340 breres brimmec1400 c1340 Cursor M. 924 (Fairf.) Brere [Cott. brembel] and þornes hit sal þe ȝilde. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Hosea x. 8 Cloote and breere shal stye on the auters of hem. 1600 Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 102 Through bogge, through bush, through brake, through bryer . View more context for this quotation 1821 Shelley Adonais xviii. 13 Build their mossy homes in field and brere. 1865 S. Evans Brother Fabian's MSS 59 They dolve a grave..And covered it with brere. 3. a. A branch or twig of a brier. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of brier1393 brier-flowerc1400 brier-stalk1624 brier-ball1694 brier-bell1728 brier-leaf1766 1393 Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 402 Hit hadde be wexed with a wips of breres. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. Pref. p. vii A Crown of Briers and Thorns. 1818 Byron Beppo iv Walk about begirt with briars. †b. A thorn of a brier. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of > thorn briera1400 a1400 Rom. Rose 858 Hir flesh so tendre, That with a brere smale and slendre Men myght it cleve. 4. fig. (plural) Troubles, difficulties, vexations: in modern use with conscious reference to the literal sense. Hence †to leave in the briers, be in the briers, get out of the briers (all obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > circumstance or occurrence plightc1300 woea1325 fanda1400 afflictionc1429 assayc1430 brier?1504 trouble?1521 distress1549 smarts1552 say?1572 infliction1590 disaccommodation1645 trial1754 ordeal1807 time1809 kill-cow1825 Via Crucis1844 Via Dolorosa1844 racket1877 pisser1957 ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. hh.iv Fatal brerys whiche be contraryous. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diiii^v The bryers & paryls of this worlde. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 237/2 Leauyng the bishops and such other, in the bryars. 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 3 ^v Now is hee free, that hapneth in the breares. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 276 Helping a great offender out of the Bryars. 1674 Earl Kincardin in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xlv. 75 Wee..were glade to get out of the briers at that rate. 1770 Monthly Rev. 35 The Netherlanders..had freed themselves from the Romish briars. 1794 W. Blake Gard. Love in Songs Exper. 12 Priests..binding with briars my joys and desires. Compounds C1. General attrib. brier-ball n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of brier1393 brier-flowerc1400 brier-stalk1624 brier-ball1694 brier-bell1728 brier-leaf1766 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 30 Briar-balls dried and powdered. brier-berry n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > blackberry blackberryOE brambleberryc1000 bramberry1599 brier-berry1626 ramble-berry1658 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > blackberry blackberryOE brambleberryc1000 bramberry1599 brier-berry1626 ramble-berry1658 bumble-kite1685 bumbleberry1728 mooch1839 1626 Bacon Sylua Syluarum §577 The latest [Fruits] are..Grapes, Nuts, Quinces, Almonds, Sloes, Brier-berries. brier-bush n. 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 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 118^v Of the Brere bushe or Hep tre or Brere tre, Rubus canis. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Carçal A brier bush, Rubetum. brier-flower n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of brier1393 brier-flowerc1400 brier-stalk1624 brier-ball1694 brier-bell1728 brier-leaf1766 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 791 Of ble as þe brere flour. brier-leaf n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of brier1393 brier-flowerc1400 brier-stalk1624 brier-ball1694 brier-bell1728 brier-leaf1766 1766 J. Wesley Jrnl. 17 Sept. Applying a brier-leaf. brier-stalk n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of brier1393 brier-flowerc1400 brier-stalk1624 brier-ball1694 brier-bell1728 brier-leaf1766 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 10 Bring forth a bryer stalke. C2. † brier-bell n. Obsolete the bedeguar of the wild rose. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] > part of brier1393 brier-flowerc1400 brier-stalk1624 brier-ball1694 brier-bell1728 brier-leaf1766 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Cynosbatos This Rose is apt to bring now and then..a Bryar-Bell, or a Spongiola, which is a Bunch of Threds, of a red Colour. brier-coal n. ? charcoal made of twigs, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > charcoal > [noun] coalOE charcoalc1400 lind-coal14.. black coal1525 small coal1591 beech-coal1607 sallow charcoal1615 brier-coal1626 wood-coal1653 withy-cole1657 chark1708 vegetable ethiops1752 biochar1995 1626 Bacon Sylua Syluarum §775 Small-coal or Briar-coal poured upon Char coal make them last longer. † brier-crook n. Obsolete an implement for removing briers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > weeding tools weed hookeOE weeding hook1378 weedera1425 brier-crook1483 tongs?1523 weeding knife1598 broom-hook1660 weeder knifea1796 shovel-plough1801 extirpator1807 shovel-cultivator1869 thistle-digger1877 thistle-spud1896 thistle-cutter1901 flamethrower1915 flame gun1931 weed cutter2000 1483 Cath. Angl. 43 A Brerecruke, falcastrum. brier-rose n. 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 1810 Scott Lady of Lake i. 15 The briar-rose fell in streamers green. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 481 The briar-rose, Rustling outside within the flowery close. 1882 Garden 10 June 411/3 Bouquets of pink Brier Roses. brier-tree n. the Dog-rose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). brierbriarn.² Brit. /ˈbrʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈbraɪ(ə)r/ Etymology: Formerly bruyer , < French bruyère heath, erroneously identified with brier n.¹ The White Heath ( Erica arborea), a native of the south of France, Corsica, etc., the root of which is extensively used for making tobacco-pipes (introduced into England about 1859); also a pipe of this wood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > white heath tree or root tree heath1777 brier1868 brier-root1869 1868 Tobacco Trade Rev. Apr. 11 Joseph Izod, Importer of Meerschaum and Bruyer Pipes. 1869 Tobacco Trade Rev. Jan. 9 Briar Pipes. 1882 Graphic 16 Dec. 683/2 Nowadays, every third man you meet has a cigarette or a ‘briar’ in his mouth. a1888 Mod. Do you really prefer a brier to a meerschaum? 1909 Daily Chron. 23 July 3/3 A briar being his constant companion while writing. Compounds C1. General attributive. brier-root n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > white heath tree or root tree heath1777 brier1868 brier-root1869 1869 Tobacco Trade Rev. Mar. 13 The substances used are meerschaum..briar-root. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Briar Root of which Pipes are made. Erica arborea. 1886 Harper's Mag. Dec. 27 There is the ever-ready brier-root pipe loaded with Caporal. 1891 ‘L. Keith’ Halletts xxviii Pass me the brier-root. brier-wood n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of other specific trees thornc1330 poplara1450 asp1551 angelin1670 dogwood1670 serpent-wood1681 locust wood1742 canarium1776 stave-wood1778 lacewood1803 Canary wood1820 chestnut1823 brier-wood1868 jasmine-wood1870 angelique1873 sakura1911 1868 Tobacco Trade Rev. Feb. 8 (advt.) Health pipe: in Bruyer Wood. 1868 Tobacco Trade Rev. Apr. 11 Brier Wood, Lava, Clay, and China Pipes. 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird i He sat..lazily puffing at his black briarwood. C2. brier-wooder n. (nonce-word) a smoker of a brier pipe. ΚΠ 1886 Tinsley's Mag. July 53 Yet I hope he is not vulgarer than the briar-wooders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † brierv. Forms: In 1600s bryre. Etymology: < brier n.¹ Obsolete. rare^—1. transitive. To catch or annoy like briers. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Av^v Some way..was knottie, othersome would bryre me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹c1000n.²1868v.1601
随便看	to run at the tilt to run at tilt to run athwart to run atilt to run away to run away with to run away with it to run back the heel to run before to run before one can go to run before one can walk to run before one's horse to market to run before the wind to run bias to run chill to run circles around to run circles round to run circuit with to run crazy to run cunning to run descant to run division to run divisions to run down to run down the clock

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