urn

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1. 1.Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave. Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, Tombless, with no remembrance over them. Shak.
2. 2.(Rom. Antiq.) 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.
3. 3.(Bot.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is fig.: Any place of burial; the grave. Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, Tombless, with no remembrance over them. Shak called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?