† thornishadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Thorny, prickly.
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thornenc897
thornyc1000
armeda1398
pikeda1398
thornish1426
pricky1548
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sharp-set1601
spiny1604
senticous1657
aculeous1658
spinous1668
spineal1688
spinose1693
aculeate1753
spinescent1793
aculeolate1818
aciculated1819
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thorned1895
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 11234 Me thouthe I sawh a fforkyd weye Partyng at an heg on tweyne, Thykke and thornyssh in certayne.
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 79 A fruite of a Tree very greate, after the maner of Thornishe Chestnuttes.
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adj.1426- to lie at, upon
- to lie back
- to lie barren, hid, waste
- to lie by
- to lie by it
- to lie by the heels
- to lie by the wall
- to lie by the walls
- to lie dead
- to lie deep
- to lie doggo
- to lie down
- to lie fair
- to lie fallow
- to lie for
- to lie for the whetstone
- to lie forth
- to lie full low
- to lie hard
- to lie heavy
- to lie heavy at or to one's heart
- to lie heavy on one's stomach
- to lie heavy upon
- to lie heavy, cold, etc formerly on the stomach
- to lie heavy, cold, etc on the stomach