Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Spinny

Spinny , noun

[Old French espinaye,espinoye, espinei, espanoi, French épinaie, from Latin spinetum a thicket of thorns, from spina a thorn. See Spine.]

A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.
The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. — C. Kingsley

Spinny , adjective

[Compare Spiny, a.]

Thin and long; slim; slender. [Obsolete or Provincial English]