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Burr   /bər/   Listen
noun
Burr, Bur  n.  
1.
(Bot.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock; a seed vessel having hooks or prickles. Also, any weed which bears burs. "Amongst rude burs and thistles." "Bur and brake and brier."
2.
The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
3.
A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
4.
The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
5.
The sweetbread.
6.
A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
7.
(Mech.)
(a)
A small circular saw.
(b)
A triangular chisel.
(c)
A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; especially a small drill bit used by dentists.
8.
(Zool.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head. Commonly written burr.
Bur oak (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak (Quercus macrocarpa) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable.
Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.


Burr  n.  (Bot.)
1.
A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
2.
The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting. "The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs."
3.
A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
4.
A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
5.
The lobe or lap of the ear.
6.
A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; often called the Newcastle burr, Northumberland burr, or Tweedside burr.
7.
The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.


verb
Burr  v. i.  (past & past part. burred; pres. part. burring)  To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.





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... was so cur'ous, then. You saved his life," went on the housekeeper dropping the broad Scotch burr, now that her excitement ...
— The Corner House Girls Growing Up - What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended • Grace Brooks Hill
... a square way of doing business, but I didn't know any better just then. I had several little cases of this kind, and I became better posted on law in the course of time, being assisted by Lieutenant Burr Reilly, of the Fifth Cavalry, who had ...
— The Life of Hon. William F. Cody - Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide • William F. Cody
... "set," and their number also varies in different individuals. The horns are also present only in the male or buck; the doe is without them. They rise from a rough bony protuberance on the forehead, called the "burr." In the first year they grow in the shape of two short straight spikes; hence the name "spike-bucks" given to the animals of that age. In the second season a small antler appears on each horn, and the number increases until the fourth year, when they obtain a full head-dress of ...
— The Hunters' Feast - Conversations Around the Camp Fire • Mayne Reid
... with a quick movement indicative of long practice with resisting criminals, the constable deftly slipped on one of the clasps, which closed with a sharp click and stuck like a burr. ...
— In the Midst of Alarms • Robert Barr
... blooms the Common, Burr, Spear, Plume, Bank, Horse, Bull, Blue, Button, Bell, or Roadside Thistle (C. lanceolatum or Carduus lanceolatus), a native of Europe and Asia, now a most thoroughly naturalized American from Newfoundland to Georgia, westward to Nebraska. Its violet flower-heads, ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al


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