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thorn

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Noun

  1. A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
  2. Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
  3. Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
  4. That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
  5. 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).

Verb

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

Proper noun

  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a thorn bush.
  2. A place name: A hamlet in Houghton Regis parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0024).
  3. A place name: A village in Maasgouw municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
  4. A place name: An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
  5. A place name: Former name of Whitethorn, Humboldt County, California.

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