briars

Well might they be called briars, for it was as if a hundred hands were snatching at him.

In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel"

He sometimes coins words, (such as Trifurcifur, gugga, [18] parenticida,) and he is constantly giving new metaphorical senses to those already in use -- as when he speaks of a man being a "hell of elms," _i. e._, severely flogged with elm-rods -- calls cooks "briars," because they take fast hold of everything they touch, and threatens a slave with "memorials of oxen,"

History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour

And one, two, three, Mr. Fly can sit on my knee, Wolf tossed Rabbit into the briars.

Eliza’s Freedom Road

The woods are very thick, with lots of swamps, laurel and briars.

Seven Reasons to Stop Baiting Whitetails Now

Wolf always took the best planting ground and gave Rabbit the briars.

Eliza’s Freedom Road

My passion is spring turkey hunting, and I'll fight my way through heavy briars to a good dove field.

Are You A Birdwatcher?

The woods are very thick, with lots of swamps, laurel and briars.

Seven Reasons to Stop Baiting Whitetails Now

That night, on foot, she fled into the mountains-she, whose tender feet and delicate body had never known the bruise of stones nor the scratch of briars.

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July 6th, 2009 and they ran through the bushes and they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

and they ran through the bushes and they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

My passion is spring turkey hunting, and I'll fight my way through heavy briars to a good dove field.

Are You A Birdwatcher?