Look up: Urchin

1. urchin
   [n] - poor and often mischievous city child
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2. urchin
   munchkin
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3. urchin
   one of a pair of rapidly revolving small card cylinders, arranged around the periphery of a large card drum. Category: Various industries and crafts
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4. urchin
   1. <zoology> A hedgehog. ... 2. <zoology> 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." ... 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 …
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5. urchin
   noun poor and often mischievous city child
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6. Urchin
   `Urchin` is the old English term for hedgehog. As such, it is applied to many things that take a similar form to a hedgehog: * Sea urchins are spiny sea creatures that are round and prickly like hedgehogs. * In old theater, urchin was a common name for an elf or fairy that took on a prickly appearance. It may also refer to: * Street Urchin, a term for homeless children who live on the street * `Urchin`, a 2007 film about a homeless boy living in...
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7. Urchin
   `Urchin` is the old English term for hedgehog. As such, it is applied to many things that take a similar form to a hedgehog: * Sea urchins are spiny sea creatures that are round and prickly like hedgehogs. * In old theater, urchin was a common name for an elf or fairy that took on a prickly appearance. It may also refer to: * Street Urchin, a term for homeless children who live on the street * `Urchin`, a 2007 film about a homeless boy living in...
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8. Urchin
   • (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing. • (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. • (n.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin. • (n.) A hedgehog. • (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. • (n.) A...
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9. urchin
   any of several marine invertebrates of the class Echinoidea (phylum Echinodermata), including the cake urchin, heart urchin, and sea urchin (qq.v.).
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