Spin"y (?), a. [From Spine.]
1.
Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
2.
Like a spine in shape; slender.
"
Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping."
Chapman.
3.
Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy.
Bp. Warburton.
Spiny lobster. Zool. Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.
© Webster 1913.
Spin"y, n.
See Spinny.
© Webster 1913.