Urchin /(û"chĭn)/
Ur·chin
Urchin
n.
- A hedgehog. (Zool.)
- A sea urchin. See Sea urchin. (Zool.)
- A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
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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.
You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband?
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Urchin fish
- a diodon.
Urchin
a.
- Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.]