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Burl
//bɝl// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot. countable, uncountable
- 2 soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design wordnet
- 3 Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth. countable, uncountable
- 4 a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree wordnet
- 5 A knot or lump in thread or cloth. countable, uncountable
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- 6 the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer wordnet
Verb
- 1 To remove the knots in cloth.
- 2 remove the burls from cloth wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).
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