URCHINS

Noun

urchins

plural of urchin

Anagrams

• chunris

Source: Wiktionary


URCHIN

Ur"chin, n. Etym: [OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF. ireçon, eriçon, heri, herichon, F. hérisson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin to Gr. Herisson.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A hedgehog.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.

3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and fairies." Shak.

4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy. And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. W. Howitt. You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband Goldsmith.

5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. Knight. Urchin fish (Zoöl.), a diodon.

Ur"chin, a.

Definition: Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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