Category:Thorny

Thorn"y, a. [compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.] Etym: [cf. As. Þorniht.]

1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny Wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; Vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "the thorny point of bare Distress." Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. Shak. Thorny rest-harrow (bot.), rest-harrow. -- thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus fagonia (f. Cretica, Etc.).