| Thorn (thorn) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Thorn |
| [AS. þorn; akin to
OS. *** OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan.
torn, Sw. tö]rne, Icel. þorn, Goth.
þaúrnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. |
A hard and sharp-pointed
projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a
spine.
Any shrub or small tree which
bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the
hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn;
anything troublesome; trouble; care.
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.
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To prick, as with a
thorn.
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