SPINY

spiny|spinous. Spiny, or Spinous, a. thorny, perplexed, difficult

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Spin″y (?), a. [[From Spine.]] 1. 1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
2. 2. Like a spine in shape; slender. “Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.” Chapman.
3. 3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. Bp. Warburton. Spiny lobster. (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.