Spinet

(Synop., § 130), n. [It. spinetta, Sp. espineta, Fr. épinette, O. Fr. espinette, from Lat. spina, a thorn, because its quills resemble thorns.] (Mus.) An instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller; a virginal; a clavichord;—now superseded by the piano-forte.

n. [Lat. spinetum, from spine, a thorn.] A small wood or place where briers and thorns grow; a spiny. [Obs.] B. Jonson.