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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. Also, any weed which bears burs. |
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The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal.
See Burr, n., 2. |
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A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4. |
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The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5. |
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The sweetbread. |
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A clinker; a partially vitrified brick. |
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A small circular saw. |
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A triangular chisel. |
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A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used
by dentists. |
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The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head. |
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A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to
prevent the hand from slipping. |
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The lobe or lap of the ear. |
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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, Northumberland, or
Tweedside, burr. |
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The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8. |
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To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. |
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