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a sharp, lifeless excrescence on a plant; a spine; a prickle; a thorn.
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a plant that is full of thorns; a prickly plant.
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the sharp point of anything.
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a sharp-pointed organ in insects and certain other animals, used to prick, wound or inject poison (as a scorpion does); a sting.
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a slender, pointed metal piece at the centre of the beam of a weighing balance, that indicates the difference in wieights between the two pans.
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a sharp device fixed to the shoe of a rider, to urge or stir the horse into action by prodding.
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any long, stiff, prickly spines of a porcupine.
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any bristlelike fibre or fibres, as on the head of barley, oats or wheat; an awn.
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an indicator (either of the two or any of the three, sometimes) of time in the conventional clock or watch; a hand.
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the plant Solanum ferox of Solanaceae family; hairy nighty shade.
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the writing point of a fountain pen or quill pen; a nib.
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(fig.) an annoyance, irritation; repeated botheration.
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ಮುಳ್ಳು ಹೊಯಿಸು muḷḷu hoyisu = ಮುಳ್ಳು ಹಾಕಿಸು; ಮುಳ್ಳಿನ ಮೇಲಿರು muḷḷina mēliru (fig.) to be restless (being in a place, position); ಮುಳ್ಳಾಡಿಸು muḷḷāḍisu to rake up an old issue to cause mental pain again. ಮುಳ್ಳನ್ನು ಮುಳ್ಳಿನಿಂದಲೇ ತೆಗೆ muḷḷannu muḷḷinindalē tege counter a trickery by another trickery itself; to delude art by art; ಮುಳ್ಳಾಗು muḷḷāgu (fig.) to cause pain, obstacle, agony, etc. again and again; ಮುಳ್ಳಿನ ಕಿರೀಟ muḷḷina kirīṭa a position, power, honour etc. which is most uncomfortable; ಮುಳ್ಳಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಾಕಿದ ಬಟ್ಟೆ muḷḷina mēle hākida baṭṭe a very delicate issue which may turn worse, if not handled carefully; ಮುಳ್ಳು ಹಾಕಿಸು muḷḷu hākisu to make a number of shallow dents on the surface of grinding stone, mortar, etc. to grind well; ಮುಳ್ಳೇಳು muḷḷēḷu to have horripilation (as from fear, cold, wonder, joy, detgestation, etc.); ಮುಳ್ಳಿನ ಹಾಸಿಗೆ muḷḷina hāsige a position, power, etc. which is most uncomfortable.