Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thorny"

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) 1.7 (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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