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Definition of: urchin
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(ûr′chin) noun
1. A roguish, mischievous boy.
2. A cylinder in a carding machine.
3. A hedgehog.
4. A sea urchin.
5. Obs. An elf, as often assuming the form of a hedgehog.
—adjective Obs. Elfish; mischievous. [ME irchoun <OF irechon, ireçon <L ericius hedgehog <er hedgehog]
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