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Definition of Thistly
1. a. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
Definition of Thistly
1. Adjective. Covered in thistles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thistly
1. prickly [adj -TLIER, -TLIEST] - See also: prickly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thistly
Literary usage of Thistly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Illinois State Archives, House of Representatives, General Assembly, Illinois (1875)
"TWO-thistly O'CLOCK, p. м. House met, pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Landrigan asked
leave to have his vote recorded aye, on the motion to strike out the ..."
2. The Christian Observer (1811)
"... poor innocents 1 Repeated while the power to lisp is theirs ;— Alns! that home
no more shall ye behold, No more along the thistly lea pursue The flying ..."
3. Advanced Text-book of Physical Geography by David Page (1864)
"... broad thistly flats, and grassy pastures, known as pampas. Stretching from
the flanks of the Andes to the shores of Buenos Ayres, and thence southwards ..."
4. Papers of the Manchester Literary Club by Manchester Literary Club (Manchester, England), Manchester Literary Club (1877)
"The fruitful field Laughs with abundance ; and the land once lean, Or fertile
only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repealed, ..."
5. Introductory text-book of physical geography by David Page (1873)
"... embraces an area of not less than 880000 square miles, and is characterised
chiefly by its deep alluvial soil, broad thistly flats, and grassy pastures, ..."
6. Juvenile conversations on the botany of the Bible, illustrative of the power by Catherine Mary M'Nab (1850)
"The fruitful field Laughs with abundance; and the land, once lean, Or fertile
only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repealed. ..."
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