Definition of Urchin

  • (n.) A hedgehog.
  • (n.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
  • (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
  • (n.) A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
  • (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.
  • (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.

Synonyms of Urchin


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