Urn
[ɜːn] or [ɝn]
Definition
(noun.) a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
(noun.) a large pot for making coffee or tea.
Editor: Xenia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn.
(n.) Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.
(n.) A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.
(n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
(n.) A tea urn. See under Tea.
(v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn.
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Definition
n. a rounded or angular vase having a foot a water vessel an electoral vase a tea-urn &c.: a vessel in which the ashes of the dead were anciently deposited hence the grave.—v.t. to enclose in an urn.—adj. Urn′al.—n. Urn′ful as much as an urn will hold.—adj. Urn′-shaped having the shape of an urn.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of an urn, foretells you will prosper in some respects, and in others disfavor will be apparent. To see broken urns, unhappiness will confront you.
Typist: Malcolm
Examples
- So long did he linger, that the very urn died; it ceased to hiss. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His brothers then, and friends, the snowy bones, Gather'd into an urn of gold, still pouring out their moans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I observed the speechless panic, the cups shaking in the little hand, and the overflowing teapot filled too full from the urn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Temple Bar gets so hot that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet Street, what a heater is in an urn, and keeps them simmering all night. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I shall not get my deserts, for the urn sings cheerily. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We worship the Naiad with her urn as well as Bacchus with his flask, and the union of both produces a drink fit for Father Zeus. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then wrapt they in soft purple veils the rich urn, digg'd a pit, Grav'd it, built up the grave with stones, and quickly piled on it A barrow. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These are sold in various patterns from the Colonial design, like the illustration shown (Fig. 11), to those patterned after the Grecian urn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mrs Lammle's innocent appeal was merely thrown into the air, to mingle with the steam of the urn. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When Clym came home, which was shortly after, his mother said, in a curious tone, The urn you had meant for me you gave away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And mun we have th' urn? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I came to her aid, took a seat near her, managed the urn and the slop-basin, and in fact made the tea for her like any old woman. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Urn, said the doctor with the beard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Hence my bewilderment at the phantoms of chairs, and the wraiths of looking-glasses, tea-urns, and teacups. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the modernly equipped factories one finds electric flat irons, velvet steamers and coffee urns. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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