a. [f. BRAMBLE1 + -Y1.] Full of brambles; of the nature of brambles; thorny.

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1581.  Mulcaster, Positions, 86. Rough, brambly, and bushy groundes stuffe the head.

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1611.  Cotgr., Ronceux … bramblie, brierie.

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1710.  Philips, Pastorals, iv. (R.). Hark, how they warble in that brambly bush.

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1860.  Tennyson, Brook. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses.

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