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Thorn
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(1):
(n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
(2):
(v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.
(3):
(n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
(4):
(n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
(5):
(n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thorn'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/thorn.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thorn'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/thorn.html. 1828.