This smoking pipe is made from briar root.
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Briar
//ˈbɹaɪɚ//
Synonyms for "briar" (66 found)
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11 translations across 8 languages.
Czech
2 entries- bryerka noun (pipe)
- vřesovec stromovitý noun (white heath)
Dutch
1 entries- boomhei noun (white heath)
Finnish
2 entries- puukanerva noun (white heath)
- puukellokanerva noun (white heath)
French
2 entries- bruyère noun (white heath)
- pipe en bruyère noun (pipe)
German
1 entries- Bruyère-Pfeife noun (pipe)
Hungarian
1 entries- hangagyökér pipa noun (pipe)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dris noun (white heath)
Swedish
1 entries- trädljung noun (white heath)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
As one who, in a tangled brake apart, / on some lithe snake, unheeded in the briar, / hath trodden heavily, and with backward start / flies, trembling at the head uplift in ire / and blue neck, swoln in many a glittering spire. / So slinks Androgeus, shuddering with dismay.
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Youngthes folke now flocken in every where, To gather May-buskets and smelling brere
Source: wiktionary
¶ And thou ſonne of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their wordes, though bryars and thornes be with thee, and thou doeſt dwell among ſcorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be diſmayed at their lookes, though they be a rebellious houſe.
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