bramble

bramble
    n 1: any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
    

Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See {Bramble}, n.]
   (Zool.)
   The European mountain finch ({Fringilla montifringilla}); --
   called also {bramble finch} and {bramble}.
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Bramble \Bram"ble\ (br[a^]m"b'l), n. [OE. brembil, AS.
   br[=e]mel, br[=e]mbel, br[=ae]mbel (akin to OHG. br[=a]mal),
   fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br[=o]m. See {Broom}.]
   1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Rubus}, including the
      raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
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            The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. --Shak.
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   2. (Zool.) The brambling or bramble finch.
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Bramble
(1.) Hebrew _atad_, Judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," Ps. 58:9. The
LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in
Palestine, resembling the hawthorn.

  (2.) Hebrew _hoah_, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. "thistles"); "thickets"
in 1 Sam. 13:6; "thistles" in 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chr. 25:18, Job
31:40; "thorns" in 2 Chr. 33:11, Cant. 2:2, Hos. 9:6. The word
may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there
are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine.
(See {THORNS}.)
    

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