Spiny \Spin"y\, a. [From {Spine}.]
   1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
      
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   2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit
      chirping." --Chapman.
      
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   3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
      
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            The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp.
                                                  Warburton.
      
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   {Spiny lobster}. (Zool.) Same as {Rock lobster}, under
      {Rock}. See also {Lobster}.
      
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Spiny \Spin"y\, n.
   See {Spinny}.
   
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