hurcheon

== English == === Etymology === A variant of urchin, from Middle English hirchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French heriçon (“hedgehog”). Compare Scots hurcheon. === Noun === hurcheon (plural hurcheons) (obsolete, dialectal) (obsolete, dialectal) A hedgehog. === References === “hurcheon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English hirchoun, from Old French irechon. === Noun === hurcheon (plural hurcheons) a hedgehog === References === “hurcheoun, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.