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2. Characteristic of or resembling a thorn; sharp; irritating; painful. The sharp thorny points Of my alleged reasons drive this forward. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 224. A sharp thorny -toothed satirical rascal. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 1. 3. In zool . , spinous; prickly; echinate. Thorny lobster, the spiny lobster. See cut under Palinurus . Thorny oyster. Same as thorn -oyster. Syn. 1. Spinose, spinous, briery, sharp. thoro gummite (thō-ro-gum'it), n. [ thorium + gummite.] A mineral occurring in ma ive forms of a dull yellowish-brown color, and containing silica and the oxids of uranium, thorium, and the metals of the cerium and yttrium groups. It is somewhat related to gummite, but is distinguished by containing thorium. It occurs with gadolinite and other rare minerals in Llano county, Texas. IMG:content-0294.png:[blocks in formation] Spenser, State of Ireland Dark night, Strike a full silence, do a thorow right To this great chorus.