BPage 474
- English Word Burr Definition A triangular chisel.
- English Word Burr Definition A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
- English Word Burr Definition The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.
- English Word Burr Definition A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
- English Word Burr Definition 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.
- English Word Burr Definition 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.
- English Word Burr Definition A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- English Word Burr Definition The lobe or lap of the ear.
- English Word Burr Definition 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.
- English Word Burr Definition The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
- English Word Burr Definition To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
- English Word Burr millstone Definition See Buhrstone.
- English Word Burred Definition of Burr
- English Word Burrel Definition A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.
- English Word Burrel Definition Same as Borrel.
- English Word Burrel fly Definition The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.
- English Word Burrel shot Definition A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.
- English Word Burrhel Definition The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).
- English Word Burring Definition of Burr
- English Word Burring machine Definition A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.