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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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