Willow-thorn

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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...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Willow

  ·vt To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. ·see Willow, ·noun, 2. II....

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• willow

  Poor, and of no reputation. To wear the willow; to be abandoned by a lover or mistress. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• willow

  See wilga ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• But-thorn

  ·noun The common European starfish (Asterias rubens). ...

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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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• kangaroo-thorn

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

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• orange-thorn

  n. See orange, native2. ...

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• thorn-back

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Sea willow

  ·- A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches. ...

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• Water willow

  ·- An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small ...

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• Willow-herb

  ·noun A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flow...

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• Willow-weed

  ·noun Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage. II. Willow-weed ·noun A European species of lo...

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• Willow-wort

  ·noun ·same·as Willow-weed. II. Willow-wort ·noun Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow ...

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• native willow

  n. See boobialla and poison-berry tree. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• willow myrtle

  n. a tree, Agonisflexuosa, De C., N.O. Myrtaceae, with willow-likeleaves and pendent branches, nati...

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• willow, native

  n. i.q. Boobialla (q.v.), and also another name for the Poison-berry Tree (q.v.). ...

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• willow-bench

  a share of a husband's estate, enjoyed by widows in Sussex, over and above their jointure ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Willow-tree Alley

  See Star Court, Nightingale Lane. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Willow-tree Yard

  See Star Court, Nightingale Lane. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Thorn in the flesh

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

  Easton's Bible Dictionary