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单词 hurcheon
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hurcheonn.

Brit. /ˈhəːtʃən/, U.S. /ˈhərtʃən/, Scottish English /ˈhʌrtʃən/
Forms: Middle English hircho(u)n, Middle English hurchon, hurchyn, hyrchoun, 1500s hurcheoun, hyrchen, 1500s– hurcheon, 1700s–1800s hurchin, 1800s hurchent.
Etymology: < Old Northern French herichon, Old French heriçun (12th cent. in Littré), modern French hérisson (in Hainault hirchon , hurchon , Picard hérichon , irechon ) < popular Latin *hēriciōn-em , < hēricius , late form of ēricius hedgehog. See also urchin n.
Now Scottish and northern dialect.
1. A hedgehog.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Erinaceidae (hedgehog)
ilc897
iles pil?c1225
irchepilc1290
irchinc1290
hurcheonc1325
urchina1340
thorn-hog1340
hedgehoga1450
herisson?1590
land-urchin1603
hedge-piga1616
hotchi-witchi1843
porcupine1847
furze-pig1865
gypsies' pig1928
tiggy1938
c1325 Gloss W. de Biblesw. in Wright Voc. 165 Yriȝoun, an hirchoun.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiv. lvii. (Tollem. MS.) Also hirchonis [1535 yrchins] and hares flew to holow stones.
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 639/11 Hic erinacius, hurchon.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 15 I saw the Hurcheoun and the Hair..Wer happing to and fro.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 336 With hurcheons eatand hips and hawes.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Hurchent, Hurchin.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Hurchin, Hurcheon, the hedge hog.
in extended use.a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Hard hurcheoun hirpland, hippit as ane harrow.1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 55 The wizened auld hurcheon.attributive.?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 43 With his hard hurcheone scyn sa heklis he my chekis.1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 168 The meikle devil..Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie, O'er hurcheon hides.
2. A mischievous person; an urchin.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > mischievous person > [noun] > young
monkey1589
crack1600
irchin1625
limb1625
imp1642
booger1728
varmint1773
hurcheon?a1786
puck1823
hellion1845
faggot1859
Peck's bad boy1883
?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 205 Hurchin Cupid shot a shaft, That play'd a Dame a shavie.
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