English-Thai Dictionary

urn

N เหยือก  กา  jar pot yauk

 

urn

N โกศ  cinerary urn kod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

URN

n.[L. urna. ] 1. A kind of vase of a roundish form, largest in the middle; used as an ornament.
2. A vessel for water.
3. A vessel in which the ashes of the dead were formerly kept.
4. A Roman measure for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

URN

Urn, n. Etym: [OE. urne, L. urna; perhaps fr. urere to burn, and sop called as being made of burnt clay (cf. East ): cf. F. urne. ]

 

1. 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. A rustic, digging in the ground by Padua, found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn. Bp. Wilkins. His scattered limbs with my dead body burn, And once more join us in the pious urn. Dryden.

 

2. Fig. : Any place of burial; the grave. Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, Tombless, with no remembrance over them. Shak.

 

3. (Rom. Antiq.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

4. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.

 

5. A tea urn. See under Tea. Urn mosses (Bot. ), the order of true mosses; -- so called because the capsules of many kinds are urn- shaped.

 

URN

URN Urn, v. t.

 

Defn: To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn. When horror universal shall descend, And heaven's dark concave urn all human race. Young.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

urn

urn |ərn ərn | ▶noun 1 a tall, rounded vase with a base, and often a stem, esp. one used for storing the ashes of a cremated person. 2 a large metal container with a tap, in which tea or coffee is made and kept hot, or water for making such drinks is boiled: a tea urn. ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic place (something ) in an urn. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin urna; related to urceus ‘pitcher. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

urn

urn |əːn | ▶noun 1 a tall, rounded vase with a stem and base, especially one used for storing the ashes of a cremated person. • an ornamental sculpture shaped like an urn. 2 a large metal container with a tap, in which tea or coffee is made and kept hot, or water for making such drinks is boiled: a tea urn. ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic place in an urn. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin urna; related to urceus ‘pitcher ’.

 

Sanseido Dictionary

URN

URN 〖 uniform resource name 〗インターネット上で資源の 「名称 」を統一的方法で識別する書式 。スキームとよばれる文字列 （urn: isbn: など ）の後に ，スキームごとに定義された書式で識別方法を記す 。例えば ISBN （国際標準図書番号 ）は urn: isbn: 978 -4-385 -13169 -6 のように記す 。統一資源名 。〔URI の部分集合にあたる 〕 →URI

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

urn

urn /əː r n /名詞 C 1 (脚 台座付きの )つぼ, かめ .2 骨つぼ ; ｟詩 ｠墓 .3 (注ぎ口付きの )コーヒー [紅茶 ]沸かし .