briar root

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• briar-root — /ˈbraɪə rut/ (say bruyuh rooht) noun 1. the root wood of the briar. 2. certain other woods from which tobacco pipes are made. 3. a pipe made of briar root. Also, brier root …  

• briar — briar1 [brī′ər] n. BRIER1 briary adj. briar2 [brī′ər] n. 1. a tobacco pipe made from the root of BRIER2 (sense 1) 2. occas. sp. of BRIER2 (senses 1 & 2) …   English World dictionary

• Briar Cudgeon — Personnages de Artemis Fowl Liste des personnages de la série Artemis Fowl par Eoin Colfer. Sommaire 1 Personnages principaux 1.1 Artemis Fowl 1.2 Holly Short 1.3 Butler …   Wikipédia en Français

• Briar Cudgeon — Artemis Fowl ist eine Romanserie des irischen Autors Eoin Colfer, die dem Phantastik/SciFi Genre zuzuordnen ist. Die Bücher erschienen ab 2001 auf Englisch und Deutsch, wobei die deutsche Übersetzung der Bücher von Claudia Feldmann stammt. 2004… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Briar — Brier Bri er, Briar Bri ar (br[imac] [ e]r), n. [OE. brere, brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• briar — There are two distinct words briar in English, both of which can also be spelled brier, and as their meanings are fairly similar, they are often confused. The older [OE] is a name given to the wild rose, although in fact this usage is as recent… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• briar — UK [ˈbraɪə(r)] / US [ˈbraɪr] noun Word forms briar : singular briar plural briars or briar 1) [countable/uncountable] a bush with thorns (= sharp points) on its branches 2) [countable] a pipe for smoking tobacco, made from briar 3)… …   English dictionary

• briar — There are two distinct words briar in English, both of which can also be spelled brier, and as their meanings are fairly similar, they are often confused. The older [OE] is a name given to the wild rose, although in fact this usage is as recent… …   Word origins

• briar — I. noun also brier Etymology: Middle English brere, from Old English brēr Date: 15th century a plant (as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; also a mass or twig of these • briary adjective II.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• briar pipe — noun a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath • Syn: ↑briar • Hypernyms: ↑pipe, ↑tobacco pipe * * * noun see briar II …   Useful english dictionary

• briar — bri|ar [ braır ] noun 1. ) count or uncount a European plant with a hard root that is used for making pipes to smoke tobacco 2. ) count or uncount a bush with THORNS (=sharp points) on its branches 3. ) count a pipe for smoking tobacco made from… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English