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. (Zoöl.) Same as
Rock lobster, under Rock. See also
Lobster.
Spin"y, n. See
Spinny.