"brier" meaning in All languages combined

See brier on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: briers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brier (plural briers)
  1. Alternative spelling of briar Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: briar Derived forms: brierberry, briered, briery, greenbrier, sweetbrier
    Sense id: en-brier-en-noun-4tkAgCvZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "briar"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "brierberry"
        },
        {
          "word": "briered"
        },
        {
          "word": "briery"
        },
        {
          "word": "greenbrier"
        },
        {
          "word": "sweetbrier"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter V, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 118:",
          "text": "Adeline thought little about it at the time; but often—oh! how often—did her memory dwell upon those accents, and recal that beloved voice, when after-events came thickening like briers in her path of life.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-brier-en-noun-4tkAgCvZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "briar",
          "briar#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brier"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "brierberry"
    },
    {
      "word": "briered"
    },
    {
      "word": "briery"
    },
    {
      "word": "greenbrier"
    },
    {
      "word": "sweetbrier"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "briers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter V, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 118:",
          "text": "Adeline thought little about it at the time; but often—oh! how often—did her memory dwell upon those accents, and recal that beloved voice, when after-events came thickening like briers in her path of life.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of briar"
      ],
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  ],
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}

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