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Horniest (gcide) | Horny \Horn"y\, a. [Compar. Hornier; superl. Horniest.]
1. Having horns or hornlike projections. --Gay.
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2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling
horn; of the nature of horn. "The horny . . . coat of the
eye." --Ray.
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3. Hard; callous. "His horny fist." --Dryden.
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thorniest (encz) | thorniest,nejostnatější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Thorniest (gcide) | Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.]
[Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of
bare distress." --Shak.
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The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak.
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Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow.
Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia
(Fagonia Cretica, etc.).
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