1. the urchin, hedgehog , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 2. the sea-urchin , (Plato Philosophus) 3. the shell of the sea-urchin , often used as a cup : then like Lat. testa, a pot, jug, pitcher, Lat. echinus, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.:—; the vase in which the notes of evidence were deposited, (Demosthenes Orator) 4. in plural sharp points at each end of a bit, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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