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thorny

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thorny  \Thorn"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Thornier};  superl.  {Thorniest}.] 
  [Cf.  AS  [thorn]orniht.] 
  1.  Full  of  thorns  or  spines;  rough  with  thorns;  spiny;  as  a 
  thorny  wood;  a  thorny  tree;  a  thorny  crown. 
 
  2.  Like  a  thorn  or  thorns;  hence  figuratively,  troublesome; 
  vexatious;  harassing;  perplexing.  ``The  thorny  point  of 
  bare  distress.''  --Shak. 
 
  The  steep  and  thorny  way  to  heaven.  --Shak. 
 
  {Thorny  rest-harrow}  (Bot.),  rest-harrow. 
 
  {Thorny  trefoil},  a  prickly  plant  of  the  genus  {Fagonia}  ({F. 
  Cretica},  etc.). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thorny 
  adj  1:  bristling  with  perplexities;  "the  thorny  question  of  states' 
  rights" 
  2:  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},  {spiny}]




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