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  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
      n 1: any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines

  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
  
  

  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.)