brieredbriaredadj.
/ˈbrʌɪəd/ Caught or entangled in briers; bound or covered with briers. Also fig.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > rendered immobile or held fast > in briers
briereda1554
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [adjective] > full of
briery1549
briereda1554
sweet-briary1828
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > with other specific coverings
featheredc1300
overskail1508
briereda1554
stone-faced1632
sodded1652
netted1800
foamed1820
fibre-faceda1884
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > entangling or confining > entangled or confined
briered1702
trammelled1813
fettered1856
a1554 Hooper in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1872) III. Ps. lxxvii. 20 As the shepherd is careful of his entangled and briered sheep.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. App. 47/2 New England was miserably Briar'd in the Perplexities of an Indian War.
1800 R. Bloomfield Autumn in Farmer's Boy 58 New-brier'd graves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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