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Briarean

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.

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Because these men were mere clods, bold enough and clever enough in their own rude way, but no match for the law, with its Argus eyes and its Briarean hands.