| slovo | definícia |
thorny
(encz) | thorny,ostnatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
thorny
(encz) | thorny,pichlavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
thorny
(encz) | thorny,trnitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Thorny
(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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thorny
(wn) | thorny
adj 1: bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of
states' rights"
2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
"bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
setaceous, spiny, thorny] |
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thorny
(encz) | thorny,ostnatý adj: Zdeněk Brožthorny,pichlavý adj: Zdeněk Brožthorny,trnitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
thorny amaranth
(encz) | thorny amaranth, n: |
thorny skate
(encz) | thorny skate, n: |
Thorny oyster
(gcide) | Oyster \Oys"ter\ (ois"t[~e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L.
ostrea, ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone,
the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. Osseous,
Ostracize.]
1. (Zool.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea.
They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed
objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in
brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European
oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster ({Ostrea
Virginiana}), are the most important species.
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2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in
a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part
of the back of a fowl.
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Fresh-water oyster (Zool.), any species of the genus
Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa
and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach
themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly
interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.
Oyster bed, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a
tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where
oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See
1st Scalp, n.
Oyster catcher (Zool.), See oystercatcher in the
vocabulary.
Oyster crab (Zool.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum)
which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the
oyster.
Oyster dredge, a rake or small dragnet for bringing up
oysters from the bottom of the sea.
Oyster fish. (Zool.)
(a) The tautog.
(b) The toadfish.
Oyster plant. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Tragopogon ({Tragopogon
porrifolius}), the root of which, when cooked,
somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; --
called also vegetable oyster.
(b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe,
America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh
leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.
Oyster plover. (Zool.) Same as oystercatcher.
Oyster shell (Zool.), the shell of an oyster.
Oyster wench, Oyster wife, Oyster women, a women who
deals in oysters.
Pearl oyster. (Zool.) See under Pearl.
Thorny oyster (Zool.), any spiny marine shell of the genus
Spondylus.
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Thorny rest-harrow
(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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Thorny trefoil
(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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Unthorny
(gcide) | Unthorny \Unthorny\
See thorny. |
thorny
(wn) | thorny
adj 1: bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of
states' rights"
2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
"bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
setaceous, spiny, thorny] |
thorny amaranth
(wn) | thorny amaranth
n 1: erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a
pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes [syn: {thorny
amaranth}, Amaranthus spinosus] |
thorny skate
(wn) | thorny skate
n 1: cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40
inches [syn: thorny skate, Raja radiata] |
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