Category:Spiny

Spin"y, a. Etym: [from spine.]

1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.

2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "spiny grasshoppers sit chirping." Chapman.

3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. Bp. Warburton. Spiny lobster. (zoöl.) Same as rock lobster, under rock. See also Lobster.

Spiny Spin"y, n.

Defn: see spinny.