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spin⋅ney

  [spin-ee]
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–noun, plural -neys. British.
a small wood or thicket.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF espinei (masc.), espinaie (fem.) a place full of thorns, deriv. of espine spine; cf. LL spīnētum difficulty, equiv. to L spīn(a) thorn (see spine ) + -ētum n. suffix (see arboretum )
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spin·ney   (spĭn'ē)   
n.   pl. spin·neys Chiefly British
A small grove; a copse.

[Obsolete French espinoi, from Old French espinei, thorny place, from Vulgar Latin *spīnēta, pl. of Latin spīnētum, thorn hedge, from spīna, thorn.]
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