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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.
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