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Burr
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- 1 A surname.
"One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation."
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Florida Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Missouri.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Otoe County, Nebraska, named after burr oak trees.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
- 7 A community in Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, central Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 1 A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- 2 A rough humming sound.
- 3 Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)
"Far burr, near rain; Near burr, far rain."
- 4 Alternative spelling of burl. British, alt-of, alternative
- 5 small bit used in dentistry or surgery wordnet
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- 6 Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”). alt-of, alternative
"[…] nay Friar, I am a kind of Burre, I ſhal ſticke."
- 7 A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
"Foote’s mimicry was exquisitely ludicrous, but it was all caricature. He could take off only some strange peculiarity, a stammer or a lisp, a Northumbrian burr or an Irish brogue, a stoop or a shuffle."
- 8 rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting wordnet
- 9 A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
"You left a bunch of burrs on those parts yesterday. You've already been told not to miss the deburring operation."
- 10 rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece wordnet
- 11 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.
- 12 seed vessel having hooks or prickles wordnet
- 13 A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping. historical
- 14 A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear. historical
"And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes"
- 15 The ear lobe.
- 16 A burr knot or burl.
"We notice wild bees gathering sap in a burr of the third mango tree[.]"
- 17 The knot at the bottom of an antler.
- 18 A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
"burr grinder"
- 1 To grind using a burr (revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces). transitive
- 2 To pronounce with a uvular "r". transitive
- 3 remove the burrs from wordnet
- 4 To make a rough humming sound. intransitive
"The first thing Lucy noticed as she went in was a burring sound, and the first thing she saw was a kind-looking old she-beaver sitting in the corner with a thread in her mouth working busily at her sewing machine, and it was from it that the sound came."
Etymology
From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).
From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).
Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire.
Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire.
Like brough, an alternative form of burgh (“mound, settlement”) employed in a special sense; thus a doublet of those terms, borough, Brough, burrow, and Bury.
From burl.
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