Burl v. t. (past & past part. burled; pres. part. burling) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.
noun
Burl n.
1.
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
2.
An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
... Tommy Burl's eyes denoted the extreme of candor. "It was suggested to me that your views upon the police, while interesting and even important, ... — Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... at an hour which gave her sufficient time to dress for dinner, but no margin for welcoming visitors. In consequence she only saw Drake at the dinner-table. She saw little of him afterwards, for Mr. Le Mesurier pounced upon him after dinner. 'I want to introduce you to Burl,' he said. 'He's Parliamentary agent for the Northern Counties. There's a constituency in Yorkshire where my brother lives, and I rather think ... — The Philanderers • A.E.W. Mason
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