n. | 1. | ||||
1. | (Zool.) A hedgehog. | ||||
2. | (Zool.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin. | ||||
3. | A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. | ||||
4. | A pert or roguish child; - now commonly used only of a boy. | ||||
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.
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a. | 1. | Rough; pricking; piercing. |
Noun | 1. | urchin - poor and often mischievous city child |
urchin - See munchkin. |