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

thisclose
thisness
thisnesses
thissun
thistle
thistle sage
thistle tube
thistledown
thistledowns
thistlelike
thistles
thistlewarp
thistlewarps
thistlier
thistliest
thistly (current term)
thithermost
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
thitsee
thiuram
thiurams
thiuret
thiurets
thivel
thivels
thixolabile
thixotropic

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Laughs with abundance ; and the land once lean, Or fertile only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repealed, ..."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Laughs with abundance; and the land, once lean, Or fertile only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repealed.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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