About The Word Burr
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Burr
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What's The Definition Of Burr?
[n] small bit used in dentistry or surgery
[n] rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting [n] rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece [n] United States politician who served as Vice President under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [n] seed vessel having hooks or prickles [v] remove the burrs from Synonyms | Synonyms for Burr: Aaron Burr | bur | bur | bur Related Terms | Find terms related to Burr: accent | adherent | adhesive | barnacle | belch | blare | blat | boll | bramble | bray | brier | bristle | broad accent | brogue | bulldog | buzz | cackle | cactus | capsule | catchweed | caw | cement | chirr | chiseling | clang | clangor | clank | clash | cleavers | cod | craunch | croak | cross-hatching | crump | crunch | decal | decalcomania | demitint | drawl | engravement | engraving | etch | etching | follicle | gem-engraving | glass-cutting | glue | glyptic | goose grass | graving | grind | groan | growl | grumble | gunk | half tint | hatching | hull | husk | incision | inscript | inscription | jangle | jar | leech | legume | legumen | limpet | line | lining | marking | molasses | mucilage | needle | nettle | paste | pease cod | pericarp | pine needle | plaster | pod | prickle | quill | rasp | regional accent | remora | score | scoring | scranch | scrape | scratch | scratching | scrunch | seed pod | seed vessel | seedbox | seedcase | silique | slash | slashing | snarl | snore | spicule | spiculum | spike | spikelet | spine | sticker | stipple | stippling | syrup | thistle | thorn | tint | tooling | twang | type-cutting | yucca See Also | beggar-ticks | bit | burr drill | dentist's drill | pericarp | pol | political leader | politician | politico | power tool | projection | remove | seed vessel | spanish needles | take | take away | withdraw Burr In Webster's Dictionary \Burr\, n. [See {Bur}.] (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.
--Tomlinson.
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. [Probably of imitative origin.] 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.
7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See {Bur}, n., 8.
\Burr\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burring}.] To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. --Mrs. Browning. |
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