Obs. [a. F. bryon, a. Gr. βρύον, L. bryum.] A kind of moss.
1579. Langham, Gard. Health (1633), 95. Bryan, stampe it and apply it three dayes to the knees that are swolne.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 381. Ointments … made … of the odoriferous mosse Bryon.
