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spiny

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spiny  \Spin"y\,  a.  [From  {Spine}.] 
  1.  Full  of  spines;  thorny;  as  a  spiny  tree. 
 
  2.  Like  a  spine  in  shape;  slender.  ``Spiny  grasshoppers  sit 
  chirping.''  --Chapman. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  Abounding  with  difficulties  or  annoyances. 
 
  The  spiny  deserts  of  scholastic  philosophy.  --Bp. 
  Warburton 
 
  {Spiny  lobster}.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Rock  lobster},  under 
  {Rock}.  See  also  {Lobster}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spiny  \Spin"y\,  n. 
  See  {Spinny}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spiny 
  adj  :  having  or  covered  with  protective  barbs  or  quills  or  spines 
  or  thorns  etc.;  "a  horse  with  a  short  bristly  mane"; 
  "bristly  shrubs";  "burred  fruits"  [syn:  {barbed},  {barbellate}, 
  {briary},  {briery},  {bristled},  {bristly},  {burred},  {burry}, 
  {prickly},  {thorny}]




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