meaning of burr
1. To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
2. See Buhrstone.
3. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
7. The lobe or lap of the ear.
8. 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.
9. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n. , 8.
10. 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.
11. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n. , 2.
12. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n. , 4.
13. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n. , 5.
14. The sweetbread.
15. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
16. A small circular saw.
17. A triangular chisel.
18. A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
19. The round knob of an antler next to a deers head.
Related Words
burr | burred | burrel | burrhel | burring | burro | burrock | burrow | burrowed | burrower | burrowing | burrstone | burry |
