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Chinese-based script for Jurchen
The Jurchen script (Jurchen: [dʒu ʃə bitxə]; Chinese: 女真文) was the writing system used to write the Jurchen language, the language of the Jurchen people
Jurchen_script
Chinese-based script for Khitan language
some extent by the Jurchen people for several decades after the fall of the Liao dynasty, until the Jurchens fully switched to a script of their own. Examples
Khitan_large_script
Tungusic language of eastern Manchuria
The Jurchen language (Chinese: 女真語; pinyin: Nǚzhēn yǔ) was the Tungusic language of the Jurchen people of eastern Manchuria, the rulers of the Jin dynasty
Jurchen_language
Tungusic-speaking people in East Asia
Jurchen (Manchu: ᠵᡠᡧᡝᠨ, romanized: Jušen, [dʒuʃən]; Chinese: 女真, romanized: Nǚzhēn, [nỳ.ʈʂə́n]) were a number of East Asian Tungusic-speaking people.
Jurchen_people
Alphabet used to write the Manchu language
"Manchu". Throughout this period, the Jurchen language evolved into what we know as the Manchu language. The Jurchen script has no relation to the Manchu alphabet
Manchu_alphabet
Writing systems descended from oracle bone script
are the Tangut script, Khitan large script, Khitan small script and its offspring, the Jurchen script, as well as the Yi script, Sui script, and Geba syllabary
Chinese_family_of_scripts
Logographic writing system
script, Khitan small script, Tangut script, and Jurchen script. This has occurred in other contexts as well: Nüshu was a script used by Yao women to write
Chinese_characters
1125–1234 Jurchen campaigns in China
series of conflicts between the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty (1115–1234) and the Han-led Song dynasty (960–1279). In 1115, Jurchen tribes rebelled against their
Jin–Song_wars
The list of Jurchen inscriptions comprises a list of the corpus of known inscriptions written in the Jurchen language using the Jurchen script. There are
List_of_Jurchen_inscriptions
Scribe
Wanyan Xiyin created the Jurchen script, known as the "large-character script", for use in the administration of the new Jurchen (Jin) Empire. He based
Wanyan_Xiyin
Ancient form of written Chinese
The oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC. Inscriptions were made by carving characters
Oracle_bone_script
East Asian ethnic group
charge. The Jurchens, ancestors of the Manchus, created Jurchen script during the Jin dynasty. After the Jin dynasty collapsed, the Jurchen script gradually
Manchu_people
Topics referred to by the same term
Wild Jurchens, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty Jurchen script, writing system of Jurchen people Jurchen language
Jurchen
Vietnamese Khitan large script – Khitan Khitan small script – Khitan Jurchen script – Jurchen Tangut script – Tangut Sui script – Sui language Yi (classical)
List_of_writing_systems
Chinese-based script for Khitan language
Jurchens for several decades after the fall of the Liao dynasty, until the Jurchens fully switched to a script of their own. Examples of the scripts appeared
Khitan_small_script
Style for writing Chinese characters
The regular script is the newest of the major Chinese script styles, emerging during the Three Kingdoms period c. 230 CE, and stylistically mature by the
Regular_script
Ancient style of Chinese characters
Seal script or sigillary script (traditional Chinese: 篆書; simplified Chinese: 篆书; pinyin: Zhuànshū; lit. 'decorative engraving script') is a style of writing
Seal_script
Language family of Siberia and Manchuria
family is in the Jurchen language, which was spoken by the rulers of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234). The Jurchens invented a Jurchen script to write their
Tungusic_languages
Para-Mongolic extinct language
known as the Khitan large script and the Khitan small script. The small script, which was a syllabary, was used until the Jurchen-speaking Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Khitan_language
Ming Dynasty stele
inscription in the Jurchen script, and also for the inscription of the Buddhist mantra Om mani padme hum in four different scripts on its sides. A stele
Yongning_Temple_Stele
Chinese linguist of Manchu ethnicity (born 1958)
ethnicity who is known for her studies of the Manchu, Jurchen and Khitan languages and scripts. She is also known as a historian of the Liao and Jin dynasties
Aisin-Gioro_Ulhicun
Chinese character forms c. 1050–400 BCE
The term large seal script traditionally refers to written Chinese dating from before the Qin dynasty—now used either narrowly to the writing of the Western
Large_seal_script
Chinese characters used in Japanese writing
logographic Chinese characters, historically adapted from Chinese writing scripts, used in the writing of Japanese. They comprised a major part of the Japanese
Kanji
Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China
a Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the Jurchen dynasty
Jin_dynasty_(1115–1234)
Styles of writing Chinese characters
Chinese script. There are also various major regional styles associated with various modern and historical polities. The traditional model of scripts appearing
Chinese_script_styles
Form of Chinese characters from the Qin dynasty
The small seal script is an archaic script style of written Chinese. It developed within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–256 BC)
Small_seal_script
Script style of Asian orthography
grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the
Cursive_script_(East_Asia)
2136 kanji recommended for proficiency in Japanese
(Hanja) published by the South Korean Ministry of Education Hyōgaiji Japanese script reform Jinmeiyō kanji Kanji radicals Kyōiku kanji (List of kanji by school
Jōyō_kanji
Archaic Korean language writing system
Korean words and grammatical morphemes as well as Chinese loanwords. The script, which was developed by Buddhist monks, made it possible to record Korean
Idu_script
Clan of the Heishui Mohe tribe
simplified Chinese: 完颜; pinyin: Wányán; Manchu: ᠸᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ Wanggiyan; Jurchen script: ), alternatively rendered as Wanggiya, was a clan of the Heishui Mohe
Wanyan
7th-10th century kingdom in East Asia
elsewhere in the Jurchen script. Based on these findings, Vovin believes that the Parhae script was a prototype of the Jurchen script, but also notes that
Parhae
Chinese characters used in Korean writing
records were written primarily in Literary Chinese using Hanja as its primary script. As early as 1446, King Sejong the Great promulgated Hangul (also known
Hanja
Writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on ritual bronzes
Chinese bronze inscriptions, also referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, comprise Chinese writing made in several styles on ritual bronzes
Chinese_bronze_inscriptions
Chinese linguist
of Manchu ethnicity who is known for his studies of the Jurchen and Khitan languages and scripts. Jin was a sixth generation descendant of the Qianlong
Jin_Guangping
Chinese characters used in Vietnamese writing
eventually coming to refer to the Chinese script in general. This meaning came from the viewpoint that the script belonged to followers of Confucianism.
Chữ_Hán
Chinese-based Vietnamese writing system
variety of methods, including phono-semantic compounds. This composite script was therefore highly complex and was accessible to the less than five percent
Chữ_Nôm
Style of writing Chinese characters
Semi-cursive script, also known as running script, is a style of Chinese calligraphy that emerged during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). The style is
Semi-cursive_script
1636 invasion of Korea by Manchu China
translators. They replaced earlier interpreters of Jurchen, who had been trained using textbooks in the Jurchen script. Joseon's first textbooks of Manchu were
Qing_invasion_of_Joseon
Critically endangered Tungusic language
the Jurchen language though there are many loan words from Mongolian and Chinese. Its script is vertically written and taken from the Mongolian script (which
Manchu_language
Nôm, chữ Hán and chữ Quốc ngữ. Written Vietnamese today uses the Latin script-based Vietnamese alphabet to represent native Vietnamese words (thuần Việt)
History_of_writing_in_Vietnam
Former ethnic group
considered for merging. › The Jianzhou Jurchens (Chinese: 建州女真) were one of the three major groups of Jurchens as identified by the Ming dynasty. Although
Jianzhou_Jurchens
Attempt to correlate standard spoken Japanese with the written word
The Japanese script reform is the attempt to correlate standard spoken Japanese with the written word, which began during the Meiji period. This issue
Japanese_script_reform
Modern forms of kanji used in Japan after 1946
therefore do not carry official status. Cursive script (also known as grass script) and semi-cursive script forms of kanji were adopted as shinjitai. Examples
Shinjitai
Chinese script widely used in the Han dynasty
The clerical script (traditional Chinese: 隸書; simplified Chinese: 隶书; pinyin: lìshū), sometimes also chancery script, is a style of Chinese writing that
Clerical_script
Category of typefaces
The Song script (simplified Chinese: 宋体; traditional Chinese: 宋體) or Ming script (simplified Chinese: 明体; traditional Chinese: 明體) is a category of serifed
Ming_typefaces
Japanese-made kanji
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Kokuji
Standardized set of Chinese characters
characters. Despite the debates on traditional and simplified Chinese, the two scripts are mutually intelligible to most native speakers, and many Chinese-language
Traditional Chinese characters
Traditional_Chinese_characters
Jurchen-led dynasty in Manchuria
alphabet. The Later Jin, officially known as Jin or the Great Jin, was a Jurchen-led royal dynasty of China and a khanate ruled by the House of Aisin-Gioro
Later_Jin_(1616–1636)
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Chinese_input_method
Archaic Korean writing system
hyangch'al writing system is often classified as a subgroup of the Idu script. The first mention of hyangch'al is the monk Kyun Ye's biography during
Hyangch'al
logographic scripts influenced by, but not directly derived from, Chinese characters: The Jurchens (Manchu ancestors) – Jurchen language – Jurchen script The
Languages_of_China
Classical Chinese to Korean translation system
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Kugyŏl
Old forms of kanji
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Kyūjitai
the military force of an imperial dynasty of China, founded by rulers of Jurchen origin, that ruled over northern China between 1115 and 1234. In Empire
Military of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Military_of_the_Jin_dynasty_(1115–1234)
Markings found at Neolithic sites in China
symbols, collectively called Táo Wén (陶文 'pottery scripts'), have been compared to the oracle bone script — the earliest known forms of Chinese characters
Neolithic_symbols_in_China
is hopeless, and in fact it has been abandoned for some time". The Jurchen script and language were known to a poor degree around the time of Hangul's
Origin_of_Hangul
earliest forms of characters, including Shang-era oracle bone script and the Zhou-era bronze scripts, is often necessary for reconstructing their historical
Chinese character classification
Chinese_character_classification
Writing system for the Zhuang language
domains, Sawndip is more often used than alphabetical scripts. Sawndip is also called old Zhuang script, usually used to distinguish it from the Latin-based
Sawndip
System of writing Japanese based solely on Chinese characters
versions of man'yōgana eventually gave rise to both the hiragana and katakana scripts, which are used in Modern Japanese. Scholars from the Korean kingdom of
Man'yōgana
Conflict between communist blocs
exhibits were removed from museums, and vandals covered with cement the Jurchen-script stele, about the Jin dynasty, in Khabarovsk, some 30 kilometres from
Sino-Soviet_split
Korean translator (fl. 17th century)
Manchu language and its new script. By 1637, he had translated five works from the old Jurchen script into the new Manchu script, and would go on to translate
Shin_Gye-am
Founding khan of the Later Jin dynasty
founding khan of the Jurchen-led Later Jin dynasty. As leader of the Aisin-Gioro clan, Nurhaci reorganized and united various Jurchen tribes (the later "Manchu")
Nurhaci
Assimilation into Han-dominated Chinese society
Jin already started assimilating Han Chinese language, and even their Jurchen script was influenced by Chinese characters (hanzi). When both the Jin and
Sinicization_of_the_Manchus
1956 publication of simplified Chinese characters
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
Chinese_Character_Simplification_Scheme
Indexing component of Chinese characters
Wikimedia Commons has media related to radicals and their variants in regular script. Wikimedia Commons has media related to the 214 Kangxi radicals. Wikimedia
Chinese_character_radicals
Chinese characters as simplified in Singapore
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Singapore_Chinese_characters
1583–1619 unification of the Jurchen tribes
The Jurchen unification was a series of events in the late 16th and early 17th centuries that led to the unification of the Jurchen tribes under the Jianzhou
Jurchen_unification
Taiwanese list of Chinese characters
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Chart of Standard Forms of Common National Characters
Chart_of_Standard_Forms_of_Common_National_Characters
Chinese characters outside of a standard
208 BC), the Chancellor of Qin, attempted to universalize the Qin small seal script across China following the wars that had politically unified the country
Variant_Chinese_characters
2013 Chinese character standard
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters
List_of_Commonly_Used_Standard_Chinese_Characters
Standardized set of Chinese characters
officially used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Simplification of Chinese script typically involves reducing a character's total stroke count or streamlining
Simplified_Chinese_characters
Aborted 1977 Chinese script reform
characters. The second round of Chinese character simplification was an aborted script reform promulgated on 20 December 1977 by the People's Republic of China
Second round of simplified Chinese characters
Second_round_of_simplified_Chinese_characters
Empires of the Eurasian steppes from classical antiquity to the early modern era
language and Chinese and adopted the Mongol script for their own language unlike the Jin Jurchen's script, which was derived from Khitan. They adopted
Nomadic_empire
Zhou period Chinese scripts
Tadpole script or Kedou (蝌蚪文, “蝌蚪书”、“蝌蚪篆”) is a variety of Chinese seal script. Traditionally the origin is said to be that tadpole script manuscripts
Tadpole_script
Subset of characters in Unicode
Unicode, a script is a collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems. Some scripts support
Script_(Unicode)
Stylised, rectilinear, folded form of Chinese calligraphy
Nine-fold seal script or nine-fold script,, also called jiudiezhuan or jiudiewen, nine-bend script, or translated as layered script is a highly stylised
Nine-fold_seal_script
Calendar year
Yishiha's 1413 stele in Tyr, containing the last known inscription in Jurchen script.
1413
English physician (1844–1908)
scripts in his article on the Jurchen script published in 1897, but did not attempt any decipherment or engage in detailed study of the two scripts.
Stephen_Wootton_Bushell
List standardized kanji in Japan
駅 骨 髄 体 高 髮 鬪 鬼 魂 魅 魔 魚 鮮 鯨 鳥 鳴 鷄 塩 麗 麦 麻 黃 黑 默 点 党 鼓 鼻 斎 歯 齢 Japanese script reform Kuenburg, Max (1952). "Tôyô Kanji. The Story of Modern Japanese Characters"
Tōyō_kanji
Yi script used for writing the Nuosu language in Southern Sichuan and Northern Yunnan. Sets of radicals for other sinoform scripts, such as Jurchen, have
List_of_radicals_in_Unicode
Geographical region in Northeast Asia
Jianzhou Jurchen chieftain, Nurhaci (1558–1626), started to unify Jurchen tribes of the region. Over the next several decades, the Jurchen took control
Manchuria
for millennia: it passed through the oracle script, bronzeware script, seal script, and clerical script stages. Moreover, the majority of simplified
Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters
Debate_on_traditional_and_simplified_Chinese_characters
Writing the Chinese languages
the late Shang dynasty (c. 1250 – c. 1050 BCE) in the form of oracle bone script, but the process of creating character-like symbols is thought to have begun
Written_Chinese
the Jurchen language became the first written Tungusic language. Stelae in Manchuria and Korea record writings in the Jurchen script. This script was
Evolution_of_languages
Style of East Asian typography
The script is a printing-oriented variant derived from regular script like its earlier sister Song script, and is identical to the Song script except
Fangsong
Typesetting of Chinese characters
systems used for the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese languages. Scripts represented in East Asian typography include Chinese characters, kana,
East_Asian_typography
Yugtun script c. 1900. Naum Veqilharxhi – Albanian, invented the Vithkuqi alphabet in 1845. Wanyan Xiyin – Manchurian scribe, invented Jurchen script in 1120
List of creators of writing systems
List_of_creators_of_writing_systems
Hairstyle worn by the Jurchen and Manchu peoples of Manchuria
A queue or cue is a hairstyle historically worn by the Jurchen and Manchu peoples of Manchuria, and was later required to be worn by male subjects of
Queue_(hairstyle)
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters
List_of_Graphemes_of_Commonly-Used_Chinese_Characters
Korean dynasty (918–1392)
several clashes with the Jurchens, usually resulting in Jurchen victory with their mounted cavalrymen. In 1104, the Wanyan Jurchens reached Chongju while
Goryeo
Alternative Hanzi created by Wu Zhao
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Chinese characters of Empress Wu
Chinese_characters_of_Empress_Wu
ordering the creation of a written Manchu script, based on Mongolian script, after the earlier Jurchen script was forgotten (it had been derived from Khitan
History_of_the_Qing_dynasty
Form of shorthand for writing kanji
characters such as 濯, 擢, 櫂, 躍, 燿, or 耀. 6. (前) – Grass script form (1 and 2 also originated from grass script forms) 7. (個) (present in Unicode as 㐰 U+3430) –
Ryakuji
Way in which Chinese characters are sorted into a sequence
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Chinese_character_orders
Nomadic people who founded the Liao dynasty in China
their language: Khitan small script and Khitan large script. After the fall of the Liao dynasty in 1125 following the Jurchen invasion, many Khitans followed
Khitan_people
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Differences between Shinjitai and Simplified characters
Differences_between_Shinjitai_and_Simplified_characters
Differing pronunciation of Chinese characters
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
Literary and colloquial readings
Literary_and_colloquial_readings
Standard list of Chinese characters
Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo Slavonic transcription Transliteration
List of Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese
List_of_Frequently_Used_Characters_in_Modern_Chinese
Calendar year
calendar) – Wanyan Xiyin, a Jurchen nobleman and minister, completes the design of the first version of the Jurchen script. The flourishing south Chinese
1120
Qianling Mausoleum. Until the 1920s it was believed to be written in the Jurchen script. Only after the discovery of the memorial tablets of the Emperor Xingzong
List_of_Khitan_inscriptions
JURCHEN SCRIPT
JURCHEN SCRIPT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name, from Middle English holy ‘holy’ + oke ‘oak’, for someone who lived near an oak tree with religious associations. This would have been one which formed a marker on a parish boundary and which was a site for a reading from the Scriptures in the course of the annual ceremony of beating the bounds.English : habitational name from the village of Holy Oakes in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Haliach, and no doubt deriving its name as above, from Old English hÄlig ‘holy’ + Äc ‘oak’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Script
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vedhanth | வேதாநà¯à®¤
The scriptures, Vedic method of self realization, Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all, Hindu philosophy or ultimate wisdom, King of all
Vedhanth | வேதாநà¯à®¤
Boy/Male
Tamil
The scriptures, Vedic method of self realization, Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all, Hindu philosophy or ultimate wisdom, King of all
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Consciousness
Boy/Male
Tamil
The scriptures, Vedic method of self realization, Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all, Hindu philosophy or ultimate wisdom, King of all
Boy/Male
Tamil
The scriptures, Vedic method of self realization, Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all, Hindu philosophy or ultimate wisdom, King of all
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Bircher.
Boy/Male
Muslim
This was the name of a skilled kufic script writer who wrote copies of the Quran during the reign of Muslim
Boy/Male
Tamil
The scriptures, Vedic method of self realization, Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all, Hindu philosophy or ultimate wisdom, King of all
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One who Remains Aware of Guru's Word
Boy/Male
Tamil
The scriptures, Vedic method of self realization, Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all, Hindu philosophy or ultimate wisdom, King of all
Male
Celtic
, the arch boy, urchin, or sprite.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Onkar is the first phrase in the mul Mantra meaning there is only one God, it is found in the gurmukhi script and is consequently also part of the Sikh morning prayer, Japji Sahib
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a clerk or scribe, from Latin scriptor ‘writer’, ‘clerk’. The name has been altered from its original Latin form through association with the more familiar English word scripture ‘Bible’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
The scriptures, Vedic method of self realization, Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all, Hindu philosophy or ultimate wisdom, King of all
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Farmer; German Form of George; Earth-worker
Girl/Female
Hindu
Script
Boy/Male
German
Male
German
German form Hebrew Yehowyakiyn, JOCHEN means "God establishes."
JURCHEN SCRIPT
JURCHEN SCRIPT
Boy/Male
Indian
Gift of God
Girl/Female
Danish Swedish Norse German
Wise.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Mother; Name of Goddess
Male
Native American
Native American Hopi name CHOWILAWU means "joined together by water."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
The Moon; The Sun
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Who Creates Happiness
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
A narrator of hadith had this name
Boy/Male
Muslim
Yellow flower
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Ganesh
Female
English
English variant spelling of Spanish Anita, ANNITA means "favor; grace."
JURCHEN SCRIPT
JURCHEN SCRIPT
JURCHEN SCRIPT
JURCHEN SCRIPT
JURCHEN SCRIPT
n. & v. t.
See Burden.
n.
A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
a.
Of or relating to birch.
a.
Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
a.
Birchen; as, birken groves.
n.
Alt. of Huchen
n.
Any edible sea urchin.
n.
One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
a.
Of or pertaining to the larch.
n.
The huchen, a large salmon.
n.
A little elf or urchin.
pl.
of Bursch
n.
A lurcher.
pl.
of Juryman
n.
The urchin, or hedgehog.
imp. & p. p.
of Lurch
n.
A glutton; a gormandizer.
n.
One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.