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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Lotus :: Lotus (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it..
Helm :: Helm (v. t.) To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.
Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver..
Ephemerist :: Ephemerist (n.) One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.
Jade :: Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Diversion :: Diversion (n.) The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business..
Alphabetize :: Alphabetize (v. t.) To furnish with an alphabet.
Latin :: Latin (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin..
Calk :: Calk (v. i.) To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox..
Tooth :: Tooth (v. t.) To furnish with teeth.
Acerbitude :: Acerbitude (n.) Sourness and harshness.
Lament :: Lament (v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
Cinder :: Cinder (n.) Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct..
Fauld :: Fauld (n.) The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.
Inwall :: Inwall (n.) An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace..
Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..
Unilateral :: Unilateral (a.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side..
Involution :: Involution (n.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy..
Witness :: Witness (v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof.
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