Thesaurus: thorn

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1. n. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
2. n. Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
3. n. Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
4. n. 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.
5. v. t. To prick, as with a thorn.
6. n. something that causes irritation and annoyance
7. n. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
8. n. a Germanic character of runic origin
9. 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 Cratægus, 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 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. (Zoöl.) See Moloch, 2. -- Thorn hopper (Zoöl.), a tree hopper (Thelia cratægi) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees. To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic] I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him. Tennyson.
10. Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, anyspecies of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspurthorn.
11. n:100 n. a Germanic character of runic origin