1. Noun
A hedgehog.
2. Noun
A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
3. Noun
A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
4. Noun
A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
5. Noun
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.
6. Adjective
Rough; pricking; piercing.
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