Urchin

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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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