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† ˈirchin, irchon Obs.
Forms: 3 yrichon, 4 irchouon, 4–5 irchoun, yrchoun, 5 erchon, irchyn, yrchyn, 6 irchen, 6–7 irchin.
[a. ONF. *ir(e)chon (cf. Picard irechon, Walloon ireson, Hainaut hirchon) = OF. heriçun, F. hérisson:—pop.L. *herīciōn-em: see hurcheon and urchin.]
1. A hedgehog.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 179/50 Heo stikeden al-so þicke on him so yrichon deth of piles. 1382Wyclif Zeph. ii. 14 Onacratulus..and the yrchoun shuln dwelle in the threshefoldis therof. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxlv. (1869) 133 With poyntes she was armed al aboute, as an irchoun. 1486Bk. St. Albans C iv b, Fede yowre hawke with an Irchyn onys or twyes, & it shall helpe hir. 1530Palsgr. 235/1 Irchen a lyttel beest full of prickes, herisson. 1609Bible (Douay) Ps. ciii[i]. 18 The rocke a refuge for the Irchins.
b. A dish in cookery, so called from being made to bristle with almonds, etc. stuck over its surface.
c1430Two Cookery-bks. 38 Yrchouns. Take Piggis mawys..Take a litel prycke, & prykke þe yrchons, An putte in þe holes þe Almaundys. c1440Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 443.
2. An urchin; a brat.
1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar Ep. Ded. a ij b, Such Irchins it was necessary to disband, and send them away to shift for themselves, that our Mother the Church might no more be troubled with them. |