2. (Zoöl.) The brambling or bramble finch.

Bram"ble bush` (bsh`). (Bot.) The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.

He jumped into a bramble bush

And scratched out both his eyes.

Mother Goose.

Bram"bled (&?;), a. Overgrown with brambles.

Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor.

T. Warton.

Bram"ble net` (&?;). A net to catch birds.

Bram"bling (&?;), n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.] (Zoöl.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

Bram"bly (&?;), a. Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles. "In brambly wildernesses." Tennyson.

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