Thorn

Meaning

Noun

●

In Botany:

A

of a plant.

●

In Pome fruits:

Any

or small

that

, especially a hawthorn.

●

That which

or

; anything troublesome.

●

In Latin letter names & Runic letter names:

A

of Latin

(capital: Þ, small: þ),

from

e

;

used only in Icelandic to

e

dental fricative

, but

used in several early Germanic

, including Old English where it

e

dental fricative

s

at are

(Old English did not have

for

).

Verb

●

To

with, or

with, a

(sharp

object).

Name

●

A

from Middle English

a

bush.

●

A place name:

A

in Houghton Regis

, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS

TL0024).

●

A place name:

A

in Maasgouw

, Limburg

, Netherlands.

●

A place name:

An

in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.

●

A place name:

Former

of Whitethorn, Humboldt County, California.

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