Burr,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bur \Bur\, Burr \Burr\ (b[^u]r), n. [OE. burre burdock; cf. Dan.
     borre, OSw. borra, burdock, thistle; perh. akin to E. bristle
     (burr- for burz-), or perh. to F. bourre hair, wool, stuff;
     also, according to Cotgrave, "the downe, or hairie coat,
     wherewith divers herbes, fruits, and flowers, are covered,"
     fr. L. burrae trifles, LL. reburrus rough.]


     1. (Bot.) 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; a seed vessel
        having hooks or prickles. Also, any weed which bears burs.
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              Amongst rude burs and thistles.       --Milton.
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              Bur and brake and brier.              --Tennyson.
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     2. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal.
        See {Burr}, n., 2.
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     3. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See {Burr}, n., 4.
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     4. The lobe of the ear. See {Burr}, n., 5.
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     5. The sweetbread.
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     6. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
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     7. (Mech.)
        (a) A small circular saw.
        (b) A triangular chisel.
        (c) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; --
            especially a small drill bit used by dentists.
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     8. [Cf. Gael. borr, borra, a knob, bunch.] (Zool.) The round
        knob of an antler next to a deer's head. [Commonly written
        {burr}.]
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     {Bur oak} (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak
        ({Quercus macrocarpa}) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep
        cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the
        Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough,
        close-grained, and durable.
  
     {Bur reed} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sparganium}, having
        long ribbonlike leaves.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burr \Burr\ (b[^u]r), n. [See {Bur}.] (Bot.)
     1. A prickly seed vessel. See {Bur}, 1.
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     2. 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.
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              The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the
              copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
                                                    --Tomlinson.
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     3. 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.
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     4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe,
        to prevent the hand from slipping.
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     5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
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     6. [Probably of imitative origin.] 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 burr}, {Northumberland
        burr}, or {Tweedside burr}.
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     7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See {Bur}, n., 8.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burr \Burr\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Burring}.]
     To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
     --Mrs. Browning.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  burr
       n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: {bur}]
       2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or
          cutting
       3: United States politician who served as Vice President under
          Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival
          Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)
          [syn: {Aaron Burr}]
       4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
       5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: {bur}]
       v : remove the burrs from [syn: {bur}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "burr":
     accent, adherent, adhesive, barnacle, belch, blare, blat, boll,
     bramble, bray, brier, bristle, broad accent, brogue, bulldog, buzz,
     cackle, cactus, capsule, catchweed, caw, cement, chirr, chiseling,
     clang, clangor, clank, clash, cleavers, cod, craunch, croak,
     cross-hatching, crump, crunch, decal, decalcomania, demitint,
     drawl, engravement, engraving, etch, etching, follicle,
     gem-engraving, glass-cutting, glue, glyptic, goose grass, graving,
     grind, groan, growl, grumble, gunk, half tint, hatching, hull,
     husk, incision, inscript, inscription, jangle, jar, leech, legume,
     legumen, limpet, line, lining, marking, molasses, mucilage, needle,
     nettle, paste, pease cod, pericarp, pine needle, plaster, pod,
     prickle, quill, rasp, regional accent, remora, score, scoring,
     scranch, scrape, scratch, scratching, scrunch, seed pod,
     seed vessel, seedbox, seedcase, silique, slash, slashing, snarl,
     snore, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, stipple,
     stippling, syrup, thistle, thorn, tint, tooling, twang,
     type-cutting, yucca
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Burr, NE (village, FIPS 7205)
    Location: 40.53593 N, 96.29887 W
    Population (1990): 75 (35 housing units)
    Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68324

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Burr, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    66
     Housing Units (2000): 40
     Land area (2000):     0.084109 sq. miles (0.217841 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.084109 sq. miles (0.217841 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            07205
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             40.536891 N, 96.300651 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     68324
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Burr, NE
      Burr