thorn
/θoɹn/ noun B2- A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn. · the white thorn· the cockspur thorn
- That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- 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). · See also Etymology of ye (definite article).
Plural thorns
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The Ass replied that passing through a hedge he had trod with his foot upon a sharp thorn.
The Wolf consented and lifted up the foot, and was giving his whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Ass, with his heels, kicked his teeth into his mouth and galloped away.
A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn.
Soon afterward he came up to a Shepherd and fawned upon him, wagging his tail as if to say, “I am a suppliant, and seek your aid.” The Shepherd boldly examined the beast, discovered the thorn, and placing his paw upon his lap, pulled it out; thus relieved of his pain, the Lion returned into the forest.
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