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Thornproof

Resistant to tearing by thorns.
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Thorn

A modified branch in the form of a sharp woody structure.
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Thorn

Any of various other sharp protuberances, such as a spine.
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Thorn

Any of various shrubs, trees, or woody plants bearing such sharp structures.
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Thorn

Any of various sharp protuberances on an animal.
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Thorn

One that causes sharp pain, irritation, or discomfort
He is a thorn in my side.
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Thorn

The runic letter þ, used in Old English, Middle English, and Old Norse manuscripts to represent both the voiceless sound (th) of Modern English thin and the voiced sound (th) of Modern English this, and in modern Icelandic orthography to represent the voiceless sound (th).
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Thorn

(botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
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Thorn

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
The white thorn
The cockspur thorn
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Thorn

(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
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Thorn

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
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Thorn

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).
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Thorn

A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
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Thorn

Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
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Thorn

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.
The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares,Be only mine.
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Thorn

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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Thorn

To prick, as with a thorn.
I am the only rose of all the stockThat never thorn'd him.
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Thorn

Something that causes irritation and annoyance;
He's a thorn in my flesh
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Thorn

A sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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Thorn

A Germanic character of runic origin
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