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Burr [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The lobe or lap of the ear.

2. The round knob of a horn next a deer's head.

4. BURR -pump, or bilge-pump. A pump, having a staff of 6, 7 or 8 feet long with a bar of wood to which the leather is nailed, which serves instead of a box. This staff is worked by men who pull it up and down, with a rope fastened to the middle of it.

Burr [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.

3. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.

4. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.

5. The sweetbread.

6. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.

7. A small circular saw.

8. A triangular chisel.

9. A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

10. The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.

11. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

15. The lobe or lap of the ear.

16. 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.

17. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.

Burr [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.

Burr millstone Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Buhrstone.

Burras-pipe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An instrument or vessel used to keep corroding powders in.

Burred [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Burrel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.

Burrel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.

2. Same as Borrel.

Burrel fly Webster's Dictionary 1913

The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.

Burrel shot Webster's Dictionary 1913

A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.

Burrel-fly [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The ox-fly, gad-bee, or breeze.

Burrel-shot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Small shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., put into cases, to be discharged among enemies.

Burrhel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).

Burring [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Burring machine Webster's Dictionary 1913

A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.

Burro [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A donkey.

Burrock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small wier or dam where wheels are laid in a river, for catching fish.

Burrock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.

Burrow [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A different orthography of burgh, borough, which see.

2. A hollow place in the earth or in a warren, where small animals lodge, and sometimes deposit their provisions. Some animals excavate the earth, by scratching, and form these lodges.

Burrow [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as coneys or rabbits. In a more general sense, to lodge in any deep or concealed place. The word seems to include the idea of excavating a hole for a lodge, as well as lodging in it; but the verb is not often used transitively, as to burrow the earth.

Burrow [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

2. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.

3. A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.

4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.

Burrow [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.

Burrowed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Burrower [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.