Burled

4 definitions found

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

  patterned \patterned\ adj.
     Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
     [Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
     {brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
     checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
     speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},


     {marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
     pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
     {sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
     {tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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

  Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burled} (b[^u]rld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Burling}.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
     cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
     roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
     dim. of bourre. [root]92. See {Bur}.]
     To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
     threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Burling iron}, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
        in burling woolen cloth.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  burled \burled\ (b[^u]rld), adj.
     having an irregular pattern from the grain of a tree burl[2],
     or one resembling such a pattern, in contrast to the regular
     wood grain consisting of parallel or concentric lines; -- of
     wood.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  burled
       adj : (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl