THORN
\θˈɔːn], \θˈɔːn], \θ_ˈɔː_n]\
Definitions of THORN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
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Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
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Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
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To prick, as with a thorn.
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The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter , capital form . It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
By Oddity Software
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A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
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Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
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Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
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To prick, as with a thorn.
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The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter , capital form . It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
By Noah Webster.
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A prickle, spine, or sharp point, as on a plant or an animal; a prickly tree or shrub; hence, anything that troubles or annoys; care.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sharp, woody spine on the stem of a plant: a spine: a plant having spines or thorns: anything prickly or troublesome.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A tree or shrub armed with spines or sharp ligneous shoots; a spine; anything troublesome; impediment; worldly care.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A tree or shrub armed with sharp spines; a spine; a prickle; anything that causes great trouble and anxiety.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Gothic, German] A sharp, ligneous, or woody shoot from the stem of a tree or shrub ; a spine ;-popularly, , but incorrectly, a prickle ;-a tree or shrub armed with spines, or sharp, ligneous shoots;-sometimes incorrectly applied to a bush with prickles ;-hence, any thing troublesome ;-pl. In Scripture, difficulties or impediments ; especially worldly cares or anxieties.
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