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De - Pt| English Dictionary: thorn apple | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for thorn apple | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Thorn \Thorn\, n. [AS. [thorn]orn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. t[94]rne, Icel. [thorn]orn, Goth. [thorn]a[a3]rnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. t[rsdot][nsdot]a grass, blade of grass. [fb]53.] 1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine. 2. (Bot.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crat[91]gus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn. 3. Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. --2 Cor. xii. 7. The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be only mine. --Southern. 4. 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. {Thorn apple} (Bot.), Jamestown weed. {Thorn broom} (Bot.), a shrub that produces thorns. {Thorn hedge}, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes. {Thorn devil}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moloch}, 2. {Thorn hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a tree hopper ({Thelia crat[91]gi}) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees. | |
