urn

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.