Thorn

thSrn, n. A sharp, ligneous, or woody shoot irom the stem of a tree or shrub; a spine, — popularly, but incorrectly, a prickle; a tree or shrub a r m e d with spines, or sharp, ligneous shoots, — incorrectly applied to a Thorax. bush with prickles: anything troublesome; trouc „, spine. a, a. n< in,ereoStal ble; care. — Thorn'y. -T, muscicS; 6. chest muscles; rf, thoracic muscles; e, clava. [-ier; -iest.] Full of thorns or spines: sharp: i c l e f,; third rib; g. sternum, or breast-bone: It. diapricking; troublesome; phragm; i. j, ribs; k, I, vexatious: hara ing.— false ribs; m u, base of dia- Thorn'back, n. A fish of the rav kind, which has phragm. prickles on its back. — ThorD "-hedge, n. A hedge or fence consisting of thorn.; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. 460