thorns
plural of thorn
thorns
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thorn
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Source: Wiktionary
Thorn, n. Etym: [AS. þorn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. törne, Icel. þorn, Goth. þaúrnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. trsnsa grass, blade of grass. *53.]
1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Thorn, v. t.
Definition: To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic] I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 April 2025
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