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(), n.[AS. orn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. trne, Icel. orn, Goth. arnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. ta grass, blade of grass. 53.] 1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine. 2. (Bot.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratgus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn. 3. Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. 2 Cor. xii. 7. The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be only mine. Southern. 4. 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. Thorn apple (Bot.), Jamestown weed. Thorn broom (Bot.), a shrub that produces th Thorn v. t.To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic] I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him. Tennyson. スポンサード リンク
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