English English Dictionary

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Urchin (n.)

A hedgehog.

Urchin (n.)

A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.

Urchin (n.)

A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.

Urchin (n.)

A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.

Urchin (n.)

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.

Urchin (a.)

Rough; pricking; piercing.