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Definition: Thorny rest-harrow
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.
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2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
“The thorny point of
bare distress.” --Shak.
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The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak.
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Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow.
Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus
Fagonia
(
Fagonia Cretica, etc.).
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