Thistle

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 627

this'sl, n. Thistle. A prickly plant of many species and several genera, having winged seeds: most of the species are troublesome weeds, but some are cultivated as flowers. [AS. this tel, OHG. distil; prob. OHG. thins an, Lithuan. tasyti, to pull, tear, E. thin.] — This'tly, a. Overgrown with thistles.