Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Zoology, ariel is used adjectively of certain birds noted for their graceful flight; as, the ariel toucan; the ariel petrel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of striking or conflicting. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arriere fee,
Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. --
Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. [ 1913 Webster ]

No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. “Constitutional barriers.” Hopkinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Twixt that [ instinct ] and reason, what a nice barrier! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a barrier. --
Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon channel more or less extensive. --
To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a martial exercise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By the darkness befriended. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bear this sealed brief,
With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And she told me
In a sweet, verbal brief. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An epitome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each woman is a brief of womankind. Overbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in the United States, counsel generally make up their own briefs. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Scots Law) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. pl. a type of men's underpants without legs, fitting tightly and held by an elastic waistband; also called Jockey shorts. [ PJC ]

Apostolical brief, a letter of the pope written on fine parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the secretary of briefs, dated “a die Nativitatis, ” i. e., “from the day of the Nativity, ” and sealed with the ring of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its parchment, written character, date, and seal. See Bull. --
Brief of title, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds and other papers constituting the chain of title to any real estate. --
In brief, in a few words; in short; briefly. “Open the matter in brief.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adam, faltering long, thus answered brief. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Soon; quickly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

How brief the life of man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Concise; terse; succinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brief style is that which expresseth much in little. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rife; common; prevalent. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In brief. See under Brief, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Short; concise; succinct; summary; compendious; condensed; terse; curt; transitory; short-lived. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a detailed set of instructions before an operation, given to those who are to execute it. [ PJC ]

3. a summary report of an operation or event after it has occurred, by a participant or observer. [ PJC ]

2. A copier of a manuscript. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

The thorns and briers of reproof. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier. --
Cat brier,
Green brier, several species of Smilax (Smilax rotundifolia, etc.) --
Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier. --
Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina. [ 1913 Webster ]