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De - Pt| English Dictionary: bramble | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for bramble | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See {Bramble}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) The European mountain finch ({Fringilla montifringilla}); -- called also {bramble finch} and {bramble}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bramble \Bram"ble\ (br[acr]m"b'l), n. [OE. brembil, AS. br[emac]mel, br[emac]mbel, br[aemac]mbel (akin to OHG. br[amac]mal), fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br[omac]m. See {Broom}.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Rubus}, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The brambling or bramble finch. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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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}.) | |
