Wait"-a-bit`, n.
Any of several
plants bearing thorns or stiff hooked appendages, which catch and tear
the clothing, as:
(a)
The greenbrier.
(b)
Any of various species of hawthorn.
(c)
In South Africa, one of numerous acacias and
mimosas.
(d)
The grapple plant.
(e)
The prickly ash.
© Webster 1913.