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.)