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/THôrn/,
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thorns, plural;
  1. A stiff, sharp-pointed, straight or curved woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant

  2. A source of discomfort, annoyance, or difficulty; an irritation or an obstacle
    • - the issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks
  3. A thorny bush, shrub, or tree, esp. a hawthorn

  4. An Old English and Icelandic runic letter, Þ or þ, representing the dental fricatives /T͟H/ and /TH/. In English it was eventually superseded by the digraph th

  1. irritant: something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh"
  2. spine: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
  3. a Germanic character of runic origin
  4. Thorns, spines, and prickles are types of structures that appear in plants which have a similar appearance and function, but which are derived from different plant organs. ...
  5. Thorn is a fictional character in DC Comics, a superhero who suffers from multiple personalities.
  6. In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, Fey is a type of creature, or "creature type". Fey are usually humanoid in form, and are typified as having supernatural abilities and a connection to nature or to some other force or place.
  7. This is a list of characters in The Inheritance Cycle, a fantasy series by Christopher Paolini.
  8. Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ), is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, and Icelandic alphabets, as well as some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th. ...
  9. Thorn (Thoear) is a town in the municipality of Maasgouw, in the Dutch province of Limburg. It lies on the rivers Meuse and Witbeek. It's known as 'the white village' for its white-washed brick houses in the centre of town.
  10. Toruń (Thorn, Torń, Thorunium, see also) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River, with a population of over 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus. ...
  11. Thorn is the name of many people: * Andy Thorn (disambiguation) * Brad Thorn, Australian/New Zealand rugby footballer * Damien Thorn * Erin Thorn * Gaston Thorn (1928-2007), Luxembourg politician * George Thorn * Colonel Herman Thorn (1783–1859), called "the millionaire of New York", brother of ...
  12. A sharp protective spine of a plant; A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent a dental fricative, then not distinguished from eth, but in modern use (in Icelandic and other languages, but no longer in English) used only for the ...
  13. thorn; thorny bush; The runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/); The letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/)
  14. (thorned) containing thorns
  15. (Thorns) used in the English Bibles to designate plants like thistles, also includes thorny plants, such as (1) ’atal, see Bramble; (2) mesukah, the general name given to a hedge of any kind of thorny shrubs; (3) na’açuç, see Shrub; (4) sillôn (cf. Arab. ...
  16. (THORNS) To be or sit upon thorns; to be uneasy, impatient, anxious for an event.
  17. (Thorns) To dream of thorns, is an omen of dissatisfaction, and evil will surround every effort to advancement. If the thorns are hidden beneath green foliage, you prosperity will be interfered with by secret enemies.
  18. (thorns) Stems modified to protect the plant.
  19. (thorns) a sharp excrescence on a plant
  20. A collection of subroutines defining a Cactus interface.
  21. a degenerated, sharp-pointed branch.
  22. character in the Old English alphabet derived from a rune, representing th. It evolved into a y form.
  23. A letter representing a th- sound in the Anglo-Saxon alphabet and in Norse runes. The letter looks like a "P" in which the vertical line extends above the rest of the letter. Below is a visual example of the capital and lower-case thorn:
  24. Sharp-pointed, usually stiff projection, originating below the epidermis, derived from a branch and therefore often subtended by a leaf or leaf scar, sometimes with leaf scars and buds of its own; loosely used for any sharp projection. (see armed, prickle, spine) (e.g., Castela emoryi)
  25. a large dermal denticle.  Although skates lack the stinging barbs characteristic of many rays, they do possess thorns that act as predator deterrents.