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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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