'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]