Definition of Thony
Thorn"y (?), a. [Compar.
Thornier (?); superl. Thorniest.] [Cf. AS.
þorniht.] 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.).
Thorn"y (?), a. [Compar.
Thornier (?); superl. Thorniest.] [Cf. AS.
þorniht.] 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.).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- having thorns or spines
- troublesome or vexatious
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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