briery

The little things, the little briery things of life were holding her fast, tripping her headlong desires.

Here he loves to hide in such low, briery, bushy tangles as the chat and catbird choose.

The captive beauty soon I bound My lady's bosom to adorn,— Beauty whose joy I ne'er had found, Upon that tangled briery mound, But for the sharp and friendly thorn.

Nay, as within her briery brake, The Sleeping Beauty did awake, Old tales may rouse them for your sake.

The light fell full on his clothes, tattered by his briery flight, the long dishevelment of his yellow hair, his burning face, and the blazing fury in his brown eyes.