Definition of urn

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Urn (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..

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Retroact :: Retroact (v. i.) To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective..
Invillaged :: Invillaged (p. a.) Turned into, or reduced to, a village..
Caretuned :: Caretuned (a.) Weary; mournful.
Metic :: Metic (n.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen..
Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman..
Instructive :: Instructive (a.) Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons..
Vanillin :: Vanillin (n.) A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol..
Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.
Berth :: Berth (v. t.) To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company..
Burnishing :: Burnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnis.
Journeying :: Journeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Journe.
Sufficience :: Suffice (v. t.) To furnish; to supply adequately.
Jobber :: "Jobber (n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue..
Auger :: Auger (n.) A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..
Ustion :: Ustion (n.) The act of burning, or the state of being burned..
Milldam :: Milldam (n.) A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel..
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..
Daybook :: Daybook (n.) A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal..
Reflux :: Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action..
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