*bria*

{ } n. [ OE. brere, brer, AS. brēr, brær; 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, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

The thorns and briers of reproof. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier. --
Cat brier,
Green brier, several species of Smilax (Smilax rotundifolia, etc.) --
Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier. --
Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Briareius, fr. Briareus a mythological hundred-handed giant, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; strong. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea. [ Also spelled brierroot. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
Syn. -- brierwood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; -- of plants or animals.
Syn. -- barbed, barbellate, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native of Cambria or Wales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The Cambrian formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a double-thick center cut of beef tenderloin, broiled and served with a sauce and potatoes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖Chateau en Espagne ety>[ F. ], a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Cimbri. -- n. One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cumbrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Fimbriæ [ L., fringe. See Fringle. ] (Anat.) (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. -- Fim"bri*al a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See Fringe. ] Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fimbriating. ] To hem; to fringe. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a fringed border; fimbriate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. funebris belonging to a funeral, fr. funus funeral. ] Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [ Obs. ] [ Written also funebral. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ See Glabrate. ] To make smooth, plain, or bare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inebrians, p. pr. of inebriare. See Inebriate. ] Intoxicating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inebriated p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating ] [ L. inebriatus, p. p. of inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius drunk. See Ebriety. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make drunk; to intoxicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cups
That cheer but not inebriate. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inebriating effect of popular applause. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become drunk. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inebriatus, p. p. ] Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk.
Syn. -- besotted, bibulous, blind, blind drunk, drunk, drunken, inebriate, sottish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. inebriatio. ] The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay.

Syn. -- See Drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike. [ 1913 Webster ]