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One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennæ are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

Before that time; beforehand. [Obs.] Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.

Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm (Zoöl.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.

A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.

Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.

ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.

The turbot.

Destitute of, or free from, thorns.

Set with thorns. Dyer.

a Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.

Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

Before. [Obs.] Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. Chaucer. Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! Shak.

To-morrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

p. p. of Tear.

A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.

The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.

Having three horns.

Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.