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