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Noun
/ˈbrī(ə)r/,
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briers, plural;
  1. A tobacco pipe made from nodules borne at ground level by a large woody plant of the heath family

  2. The white-flowered shrub of the heath family that bears these nodules, native chiefly to France and Corsica

  1. tangled mass of prickly plants
  2. a thorny stem or twig
  3. sweetbrier: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
  4. bullbrier: 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
  5. tree heath: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
  6. The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop chain.
  7. Briers is a surname and may refer to : * Lee Briers (b. 1978), Welsh rugby league player * Lucy Briers (b. 1967), English actress * Mark Briers (b. 1968), former English cricketer * Nigel Briers (b. 1955), former English cricketer * Norman Briers (b. ...
  8. (Briest) Lübtheen is a municipality in the district of Ludwigslust, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Ludwigslust, and 37 km southwest of Schwerin.
  9. A thorny Mediterranean shrub; A pipe made from the roots of that shrub; A metaphor for any unpleasantry in general
  10. This word is frequently used in the book of Isaiah in the phrase shamiyr v'shayit (briers and thorns). This word comes from the root shamar ^[str:8104] which is often translated as “keep” but more literally means to guard or preserve. ...