URN, noun [Latin 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.
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