Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for THORN'Y
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THORN'Y, a.
- Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny diadem or crown. Dryden. Ralegh.
- Troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing; as, thorny care; the thorny path of vice.
- Sharp; pricking; vexatious; as, thorny points. Shak.
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