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BRAMBLE

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in Botany, the English name of the Bramble Rubus. See BOTANY Index.

BRAMBLE-Net, otherwise called hallier, is a net to Bramhall, catch birds in of several sizes; the great meshes must be four inches square; those of the least size are three inches square; and those of the biggest, five. In the depth they should not be above three or four inches; but as for the length, they may be enlarged at pleasure; the shortest being 18 feet long.

or Brambling, in Ornithology, the trivial name of a species of Fringilla.