Meanings of briony in English

You saw little Kiomi curled up under the hop and briony?'

An overgrowth of brambles and briony ran riot over all.

This is briony-root carved like a mandrake into the shape of a man's legs.

Again, a popular means employed by witches of injuring their enemies was by the briony.

The black-briony wreath was no longer on her head.

From the root of the black briony they obtain a fine salve for sores, and extract a rich yellow dye.

The girl sat before him swathed in a darkness, with the edges of the briony leaves shining deadly-radiantabove-youngHecate!

Wilfrid had come from London to have sight of Emilia in the black-briony wreath: to see her, himself unseen, and go.

She came towards him down the yellow glade through the sunshine and the shadow, with a spray of briony in her hand.

She is going to wear a wreath of black briony (preserved and set by Miss Ford, a person cunning in these matters).

Alice of the Hermitage brought two crowns of briony leaves and scarlet berries; so Morgraunt anointed what Morgraunt had set apart; the postulants were adept.

Briony said it again, this time without the trace of a question.

In fact, Briony's was the only tidy upstairs room in the house.

Briony touched her shoulder, and was groping for her hand without success.

It was a miracle, Briony thought, when she heard her brother's voice.

His last look was at Doctor Bruschino, Donna Cloyd and Briony Lodge.