'Thistly' definitions:
Definition of 'Thistly'
From: GCIDE
- Thistly \This"tly\, a.
- 1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. [1913 Webster]
- In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]