[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brier \bri"er\, briar \bri"ar\ brimac"~er, n. oe. brere,
   brer, as. br=er, braer; cf. ir. briar prickle, thorn,
   brier, pin, gael. preas bush, brier, w. prys, prysg.
   1. a plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles;
      especially, species of rosa, rubus, and smilax.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
      1913 webster

            the thorns and briers of reproof.     --cowper.
      1913 webster

   brier root, the root of the southern smilax laurifolia
      and smilax walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. see also
      2nd brier.

   cat brier, green brier, several species of smilax
      smilax rotundifolia, etc.

   sweet brier rosa rubiginosa. see sweetbrier.

   yellow brier, the rosa eglantina.
      1913 webster
see also:
rosa rubus smilax brier root smilax laurifolia smilax walteri 
brier cat brier green brier smilax rotundifolia sweet brier 
rosa rubiginosa sweetbrier yellow brier rosa eglantina 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brier \bri"er\, n.
   1. the white heath erica arborea. --rhud.
      pjc

   2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier1.

   note: brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term
         meaning root of the smilax laurifolia and is now
         defined as root of the erica arborea. not clear when
         this changed. -- pjc.
         pjc
see also:
erica arborea smilax laurifolia 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brier
     n 1: tangled mass of prickly plants syn: brierpatch, brier
          patch
     2: a thorny stem or twig
     3: eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
        bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips syn: sweetbrier,
         sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, rosa eglanteria
     4: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern united states
        growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with
        shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed
        by clusters of inedible shiny black berries syn: bullbrier,
         greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, briar,
         smilax rotundifolia
     5: evergreen treelike mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
        flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots
        used to make tobacco pipes syn: tree heath, briar, erica
        arborea
see also:
brierpatch brier patch sweetbrier sweetbriar briar eglantine 
rosa eglanteria bullbrier greenbrier catbrier horse brier 
horse-brier smilax rotundifolia tree heath erica arborea 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 moby thesaurus words for "brier":
   adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, 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

brier
   this word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several
   different terms. 1. micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn
   shrub used for hedges. in prov. 15:19 the word is rendered
   "thorn" heb. _hedek_, "stinging", supposed by some to be what
   is called the "apple of sodom" q.v..
   
     2. ezek. 28:24, _sallon'_, properly a "prickle," such as is
   found on the shoots of the palm tree.
   
     3. isa. 55:13, probably simply a thorny bush. some,
   following the vulgate version, regard it as the "nettle."
   
     4. isa. 5:6; 7:23-25, etc., frequently used to denote thorny
   shrubs in general. in 10:17; 27:4, it means troublesome men.
   
     5. in heb. 6:8 the greek word tribolos so rendered means
   "three-pronged," and denotes the land caltrop, a low throny
   shrub resembling in its spikes the military "crow-foot." comp.
   matt. 7:16, "thistle."
   

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

brier, wa city, fips 7940
  location: 47.79250 n, 122.27169 w
  population 1990: 5633 1822 housing units
  area: 5.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 98036

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

brier, wa -- u.s. city in washington
   population 2000:    6383
   housing units 2000: 2115
   land area 2000:     2.130056 sq. miles 5.516820 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.130056 sq. miles 5.516820 sq. km
   fips code:            07940
   located within:       washington wa, fips 53
   location:             47.790019 n, 122.273068 w
   zip codes 1990:     98036
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    brier, wa
    brier

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