Brier, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 6383
Housing Units (2000): 2115
Land area (2000): 2.130056 sq. miles (5.516820 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.130056 sq. miles (5.516820 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07940
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.790019 N, 122.273068 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98036
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Brier, WA Brier

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

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. [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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Brier \Bri"er\, n.

1. the white heath Erica arborea. --RHUD. [PJC]

2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier[1].

Note: Brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term meaning root of the Smilax laurifolia and is now defined as root of the Erica arborea. Not clear when this changed. -- PJC. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "brier": adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, 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
 

brier

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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)