But-thorn

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• But

  ·noun A limit; a boundary. II. But ·vt A thrust in fencing. III. But ·vi ·see <<Butt>>, ·v, and <<...

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• but

  A northern name for a flounder or plaice. Also, a conical basket for catching fish. ...

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• Thorn

  ·vt To prick, as with a thorn. II. Thorn ·noun Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anythi...

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• Thorn

  1) Heb. hedek (Prov. 15:19), rendered "brier" in Micah 7:4. Some thorny plant, of the Solanum family...

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• chuse-but

  avoid. Northumb. ...

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• Christ's-thorn

  ·noun One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus,...

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• Glasstonbury thorn

  ·- A variety of the common hawthorn. ...

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• Thorn-headed

  ·adj Having a head armed with thorns or spines. ...

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• Willow-thorn

  ·noun A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow. ...

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• kangaroo-thorn

  n. an indigenous hedge-plant, Acacia armata, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae; calledalso Kangaroo Acacia. ...

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• orange-thorn

  n. See orange, native2. ...

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• thorn-back

  A well-known fish of the ray kind, Raia clavata. ...

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• hark-ye-but

  I do but hear! ...

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• Thorn in the flesh

  (2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. 1) Roman Catholic writers t...

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