Thorn: alternatives and connections

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.

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The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

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The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

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That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

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Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the…

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The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

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Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.

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Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.

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Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

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One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.

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A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

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