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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brambling \bram"bling\, n. oe. bramline. see bramble, n.
zool.
the european mountain finch fringilla montifringilla; --
called also bramble finch and bramble.
1913 webster
see also:
bramble fringilla montifringilla bramble finch bramble
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bramble \bram"ble\ bra^m"b'l, n. oe. brembil, as.
br=emel, br=embel, br=aembel akin to ohg. br=amal,
fr. the same root as e. broom, as. br=om. see broom.
1. bot. any plant of the genus rubus, including the
raspberry and blackberry. hence: any rough, prickly shrub.
1913 webster
the thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. --shak.
1913 webster
2. zool. the brambling or bramble finch.
1913 webster
see also:
broom rubus
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bramble
n : any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 moby thesaurus words for "bramble":
adherent, adhesive, barnacle, brier, brier bush, bristle, bulldog,
burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal,
decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses,
mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle,
quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike,
spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yucca
- [5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
bramble
1. hebrew _atad_, judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," ps. 58:9. the
lxx. and vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in
palestine, resembling the hawthorn.
2. hebrew _hoah_, isa. 34:13 r.v. "thistles"; "thickets"
in 1 sam. 13:6; "thistles" in 2 kings 14:9, 2 chr. 25:18, job
31:40; "thorns" in 2 chr. 33:11, cant. 2:2, hos. 9:6. the word
may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there
are many species which encumber the corn-fields of palestine.
see thorns.
see also:
thorns
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