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  Thorn
     (1.) Heb. hedek (Prov. 15:19), rendered "brier" in Micah 7:4.
     Some thorny plant, of the Solanum family, suitable for hedges.
     This is probably the so-called "apple of Sodom," which grows
     very abundantly in the Jordan valley. "It is a shrubby plant,
     from 3 to 5 feet high, with very branching stems, thickly clad
     with spines, like those of the English brier, with leaves very
     large and woolly on the under side, and thorny on the midriff."
     
       (2.) Heb. kotz (Gen. 3:18; Hos. 10:8), rendered _akantha_ by
     the LXX. In the New Testament this word _akantha_ is also
     rendered "thorns" (Matt. 7:16; 13:7; Heb. 6:8). The word seems
     to denote any thorny or prickly plant (Jer. 12:13). It has been
     identified with the Ononis spinosa by some.
     
       (3.) Heb. na'atzutz (Isa. 7:19; 55:13). This word has been
     interpreted as denoting the Zizyphus spina Christi, or the
     jujube-tree. It is supposed by some that the crown of thorns
     placed in wanton cruelty by the Roman soldiers on our Saviour's
     brow before his crucifixion was plaited of branches of this
     tree. It overruns a great part of the Jordan valley. It is
     sometimes called the lotus-tree. "The thorns are long and sharp
     and recurved, and often create a festering wound." It often
     grows to a great size. (See CROWN OF THORNS.)
     
       (4.) Heb. atad (Ps. 58:9) is rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate
     by Rhamnus, or Lycium Europoeum, a thorny shrub, which is common
     all over Palestine. From its resemblance to the box it is
     frequently called the box-thorn.
     

  Thorn \Thorn\, v. t.
     To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic]
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           I am the only rose of all the stock
           That never thorn'd him.                  --Tennyson.
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  Thorn \Thorn\, n. [AS. [thorn]orn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn,
     D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. t["o]rne, Icel. [thorn]orn,
     Goth. [thorn]a['u]rnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the
     blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. t[.r][.n]a grass, blade of
     grass. [root]53.]
     1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem;
        usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
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     2. (Bot.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns;
        especially, any species of the genus Crat[ae]gus, as the
        hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
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     3. Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything
        troublesome; trouble; care.
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              There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the
              messenger of Satan to buffet me.      --2 Cor. xii.
                                                    7.
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              The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares,
              Be only mine.                         --Southern.
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     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.
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     Thorn apple (Bot.), Jamestown weed.
  
     Thorn broom (Bot.), a shrub that produces thorns.
  
     Thorn hedge, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes.
  
     Thorn devil. (Zo["o]l.) See Moloch, 2.
  
     Thorn hopper (Zo["o]l.), a tree hopper ({Thelia
        crat[ae]gi) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree,
        and allied trees.
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  Thorn \Thorn\, n. [AS. [thorn]orn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn,
     D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. t["o]rne, Icel. [thorn]orn,
     Goth. [thorn]a['u]rnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the
     blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. t[.r][.n]a grass, blade of
     grass. [root]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 Crat[ae]gus, 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 thorns.
  
     Thorn hedge, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes.
  
     Thorn devil. (Zo["o]l.) See Moloch, 2.
  
     Thorn hopper (Zo["o]l.), a tree hopper ({Thelia
        crat[ae]gi) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree,
        and allied trees.

  Thorn \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.

  thorn
       n 1: something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a
            thorn in my flesh" [syn: irritant]
       2: a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf [syn: spine, prickle,
           pricker, sticker]
       3: a Germanic character of runic origin

  thorn
     Αγγλικά n.
     αγκάθι

  thorn
     n.
     1 (lb en botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
     2 Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
     3 (lb en figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything
  troublesome.
     4 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).
     vb.
     To pierce with, or as if with, a #Noun (sharp pointed object).
     Old Saxon n.
     (l en thorn); thorny bush

  Thorn
     Dutch n.
     (place nl city/and/former municipality m/Maasgouw p/Limburg
  c/Netherlands).
     German n.
     m Þ, thorn (letter)
     German n.
     (place de city c/Poland t1=Toruń)

  thorn
     n.
     1 (lb en botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
     2 Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
     3 (lb en figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything
  troublesome.
     4 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).
     vb.
     To pierce with, or as if with, a #Noun (sharp pointed object).

  Thorn
     alt.
     1 (surname en topographic from=Middle English) for someone living
  near a thorn bush.
     2 A place name:
     3 # (place en hamlet par/Houghton Regis uauth/Central Bedfordshire
  co/Bedfordshire cc/England) (q: OS grid ref TL0024).
     4 # (place en village mun:suf/Maasgouw p:suf/Limburg c/Netherlands).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/Chickasaw County
  s/Mississippi c/USA).
     6 # (former name of en Whitethorn dot=,) Humboldt County, California.
     n.
     1 (surname en topographic from=Middle English) for someone living
  near a thorn bush.
     2 A place name:
     3 # (place en hamlet par/Houghton Regis uauth/Central Bedfordshire
  co/Bedfordshire cc/England) (q: OS grid ref TL0024).
     4 # (place en village mun:suf/Maasgouw p:suf/Limburg c/Netherlands).
     5 # (place en unincorporated community co/Chickasaw County
  s/Mississippi c/USA).
     6 # (former name of en Whitethorn dot=,) Humboldt County,
  California.

  thorn
     n.
     1 (lb en botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
     2 Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
     3 (lb en figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything
  troublesome.
     4 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).
     vb.
     To pierce with, or as if with, a #Noun (sharp pointed object).
     Old Saxon n.
     (l en thorn); thorny bush

  Thorn
     Dutch n.
     (place nl city/and/former municipality m/Maasgouw p/Limburg
  c/Netherlands).
     German n.
     m Þ, thorn (letter)
     German n.
     (place de city c/Poland t1=Toruń)

  thorn
     n.
     1 (lb en botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
     2 Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
     3 (lb en figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything
  troublesome.
     4 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).
     vb.
     To pierce with, or as if with, a #Noun (sharp pointed object).
     Old Saxon n.
     (l en thorn); thorny bush

  Thorn
     Dutch n.
     (place nl city/and/former municipality m/Maasgouw p/Limburg
  c/Netherlands).
     German n.
     m Þ, thorn (letter)
     German n.
     (place de city c/Poland t1=Toruń)

  thorn
     Englanti n.
     1 oas, oka
     2 piikki (mkuv)
     3 piikkipensas, orjanruusu, orjantappura
     4 kirjain '''Þ'''

  thorn
     Engelska n.
     torn, tagg, törne; spetsigt utskott på växt

  Thorn /θˈɔːn/
  الشوكة

  thorn //θoɹn// //θɔːn// //θɔːɹn// /[θo̞ɹn]/ 
  1. трън
  any shrub or small tree that bears thorns
  2. торн
  letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
  3. бодил, трън
  sharp protective spine of a plant

  thorn //θoɹn// //θɔːn// //θɔːɹn// /[θo̞ɹn]/ 
  бода
  to pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

  thorn /θˈɔːn/ 
  osten

  thorn /θˈɔːn/ 
  trní

  thorn /θˈɔːn/ 
  trn

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
  Dorn , Stachel  [bot.]
   see: thorns, prickle
  

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
  Dorn  [poet.]  [übtr.]
        "There is no rose without a thorn."  - Keine Rosen ohne Dornen.
        "The pastor has long been a thorn in the side/flesh of the regime."  - Der Pastor ist dem Regime seit langem ein Dorn im Auge.

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
   [Br.] Dornenbaum  [bot.]
     Synonym: thorn tree
  
   see: thorn trees, thorns
  

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
   [Br.] Dornenbusch , Dornbusch , Dornenstrauch , Dornstrauch  [bot.]
     Synonyms: thorn bush, briar, brier
  
   see: thorn bushes, thorns, briars, briers
  

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
  
  αγκάθι

  thorn //θoɹn// //θɔːn// //θɔːɹn// /[θo̞ɹn]/ 
  1. piikkipensas
  any shrub or small tree that bears thorns
  2. thorn
  letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
  3. piikki, oka, oas, ora, ota
  sharp protective spine of a plant

  thorn /θɔːn/
  épine

  thorn /θˈɔːn/ 
  1. काँटा
        "A thorn pricked my finger."

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
  bodlja, trn

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
  1. galagonyabokor
  2. tüske
  3. runikus th betû neve
  4. csipkebokor
  5. tövises cserje
  6. tövis

  thorn //θoɹn// //θɔːn// //θɔːɹn// /[θo̞ɹn]/ 
  duri
  sharp protective spine of a plant

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
  spina

  thorn //θoɹn// //θɔːn// //θɔːɹn// /[θo̞ɹn]/ 
  棘, 刺, 茨, 荊
  sharp protective spine of a plant

  thorn /θɔːn/
  1. dyglys, dagys, spyglys
  2. erškėtis, gudobelė

  thorn /θɔːn/
  doorn

  thorn //θoɹn// //θɔːn// //θɔːɹn// /[θo̞ɹn]/ 
  1. thorn
  letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
  2. torn
  sharp protective spine of a plant

  thorn /θɔ:n/ 
   1.  cierń, kolec
   2.  krzak z kolcami, krzak

  thorn /θɔːn/
  espinho, estrepe, pico

  thorn //θoɹn// //θɔːn// //θɔːɹn// /[θo̞ɹn]/ 
  törne, tagg
  sharp protective spine of a plant

  thorn /θˈɔːn/ 
  
  mwiba

  thorn /θˈɔːn/
  1. içdiken
  2. üzüntü cefa
  3. dikeni çok bitki
  4. (eski) İngilizce'de th sesini gösteren harfin adıö thorn apple alıç (bot.) Crataegus azarolus
  5. tatula, (bot.) Daturastra monium. thorn in the flesh baş belâsı. thorn'y  dikenli
  6. belâlı, cefalı sıkıntılı.

  thorn
  thorn

  
/ˈθɔɹn/

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "thorn":
     adherent, adhesive, affliction, annoyance, bane, barb, barnacle,
     bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, bother,
     bramble, brier, bristle, bugbear, bulldog, burden, burden of care,
     burr, cactus, calamity, cankerworm of care, care, catchweed,
     cement, cleavers, cross, crown of thorns, crushing burden, curse,
     death, decal, decalcomania, destruction, disease, distress,
     encumbrance, evil, gall, gall and wormwood, glue, goose grass,
     grievance, gunk, harm, infliction, irritant, irritation, leech,
     limpet, load, molasses, mucilage, needle, nemesis, nettle,
     nuisance, open wound, oppression, pack of troubles, paste,
     peck of troubles, pest, pestilence, pine needle, plague, plaster,
     point, prickle, quill, remora, running sore, scourge,
     sea of troubles, sorrow, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine,
     sticker, syrup, thistle, torment, torture, trouble, vexation,
     visitation, waters of bitterness, weight, woe, yucca
  
  

  n. 刺,棘,荆棘;

     n. 刺,荆棘;苦恼,忧虑