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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Spiny

Spīn'ny, a.

adjective

a. Thin and long; slender. [Obs.]

Spīn'y, a.

adjective

a. [From spine.] 1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.

  1. Like a spine; slender. “Spiny grasshoppers.” Chapman.
  2. Perplexed; difficult; troublesome. “The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy.” Warburton.

Spīn'y, n.

noun

n. The same as SPINNY, q. v.