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urchin |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Urchin \Ur"chin\, n. [OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF ire[,c]on, eri[,c]on, heri?on, herichon F. h['e]risson, a derivative fr L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her akin to Gr ?. Cf {Herisson}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hedgehog. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), a diodon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Urchin \Ur"chin\, a. Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] ``Helping all urchin blasts.'' --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: urchin n : poor and often mischievous city child From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: urchin n. See {munchkin}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: urchin See {munchkin}. [{Jargon File}]
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