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Definition of Spiniest
1. spiny [adj] - See also: spiny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiniest
Literary usage of Spiniest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century (1902)
"They not only ate the grass, but they took the leaves and twigs of almost every
living plant, even nibbling the spiniest of the cacti. ..."
2. Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold by Richard Francis Burton (1869)
"The plots were defended against cattle with n wealth of timber. The marshy soil
produces the largest and spiniest ..."
3. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1854)
"h way to turn ; hut we'll have the carriage directly; drive down to the quay;
trundle old spiniest intu church; and hey for matrimony! A'ar. ..."
4. The Soils and Agriculture of the Southern States by Hugh Hammond Bennett (1921)
"Camels are reported to eat the spiniest varieties of prickly pears with impunity.
Much of the native crop in the region from Texas to Arizona is grazed by ..."
5. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1839)
"... is given spiniest. Now, it must be evident that could never have been intended
for a translation, even by the merest tyro; and also in ,/iusa, ..."
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