briary

briary
Like a briar; thorny.

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  • briary — riary 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Briary Primary School — Infobox School name = Brary Primary School imagesize = 100px caption = Purple Briary logo motto = established = 1973 closed = type = Primary School affiliation = Non denominational district = Kent grades = president = principal = head of school …   Wikipedia

  • briary — adjective see briar I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • briary — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See briery …   English dictionary for students

  • briary — n. field of thorns, field of thistles adj. thorny, prickly, spiny …   English contemporary dictionary

  • briary — adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briery …   Useful english dictionary

  • Northwood College — Location Northwood, London, England Information Type Independent All female Motto Nisi Dominus Frustra Established 1878 Headmistre …   Wikipedia

  • barbed — adjective 1. capable of wounding (Freq. 1) a barbed compliment a biting aphorism pungent satire • Syn: ↑biting, ↑nipping, ↑pungent, ↑mordacious …   Useful english dictionary

  • barbellate — adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑briary, ↑briery, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • briery — adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briary …   Useful english dictionary

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