Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spiny"
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) 1.7 (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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