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Briarean

Bri*a"re*an\, a. [L. Briareius, fr. Briareus a mythological hundred-handed giant, Gr. ?, fr. ? strong.] Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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