Definition of urn

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Urn (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..

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Journalism :: Journalism (n.) The keeping of a journal or diary.
Man :: Man (v. t.) To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
Blast :: Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast..
Disfurniture :: Disfurniture (v. t.) To disfurnish.
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
Endow :: Endow (v. t.) To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits..
Auburn :: Auburn (a.) Flaxen-colored.
Cadmia :: Cadmia (n.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.
Sward-cutter :: Sward-cutter (n.) A plow for turning up grass land.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..
Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Escarp :: Escarp (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap..
Displenish :: Displenish (v. t.) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock..
Dowel :: Dowel (v. t.) To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask..
Char :: Char (n.) To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood..
Laurestine :: Laurestine (n.) The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel..
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths..
Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally..
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