BURR
\bˈɜː], \bˈɜː], \b_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of BURR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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small bit used in dentistry or surgery
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seed vessel having hooks or prickles
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rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
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rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
By Princeton University
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small bit used in dentistry or surgery
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seed vessel having hooks or prickles
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rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
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rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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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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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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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A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; - used by dentists.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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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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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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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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A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; - used by dentists.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The prickly seed-case of a plant; a thin ridge or roughness left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal; a whirring noise; the rough sound of r.
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To pronounce with this sound. Also, bur.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A protuberance; lump.
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An unwelcome adherent.
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A burrstone. See BURR.
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A roughness or rough edge, or a tool that produces it.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Rotaeismus.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. A rough prickly covering of the seeds of certain plants;—the love of the ear;—a ring of iron behind the handle of a lance, or the touch hole of a cannon;—a triangular chisel used to clear the corners of mortices;—a guttural pronunciation of the letter r:—Bur.
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