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Briar, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 5350
Housing Units (2000): 2105
Land area (2000): 20.572656 sq. miles (53.282933 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.572656 sq. miles (53.282933 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10192
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.973507 N, 97.540710 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Briar, TX
Briar
Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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Briar \Bri"ar\, n.
Same as Brier.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\ (br[imac]"[~e]r), n. [OE. brere,
brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; 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.
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2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
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The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper.
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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]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "briar":
adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, brier, brier bush, bristle,
bulldog, burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal,
decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses,
mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle,
quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike,
spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yucca
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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briar noun
1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier,
sweetbriar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria]
2: 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 [syn: bullbrier,
greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier,
Smilax rotundifolia]
3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots
used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, brier, Erica
arborea]
4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
[syn: briar pipe]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Briar \Bri"ar\, n.
Same as Brier.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\, n. [OE. brere, brer, AS.
br[=e]r, br[ae]r; 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.
2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper.
Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia
and S. Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes.
Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax (S.
rotundifolia, etc.)
Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.
Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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