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A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
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Any of several plants having such husks.
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A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
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A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
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Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
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A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
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A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
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A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
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A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
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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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A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
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The ear lobe.
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The knot at the bottom of an antler.
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A rough humming sound.
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A uvular "r".
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A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
Examples of bur in a Sentence
The south-western shore is generally low, with sand hills covered with shrivelled pines and bur oaks.
Many trees of the eastern forest, such as basswood, sugar, river and red maple, red, white and black ash, red and rock elm, black and bur oak, white and red pine and red cedar find their western limit here.
As told at school Jesus died on the cross bur rose again hence Easter sunday.
Anthrop. iv., 1891; Holmes, Archaeological Studies; see Hodge's List, Bur.
Remove a semi-circle of bone from the buccal alveolar crest with a small round bur (½ or 1 ).
Lower back stand to book bur will usa holiday insurance provide robes.
The Domestic Relations Bill recognizes that marriages in Uganda shall be either monogamous or polygamous bur does not outlaw polygamy.
Remove any bone spicules with a bone rasp or bur.
Typically known as Bur oil, the root works by helping the sebaceous glands in the scalp lubricate the hair follicles.
When using Bur oil, many people find their scalps do not shed as much and the redness and irritation also go away.
Most of the forest consists of yellow pine, but the spruce, aspen, white birch, bur oak, box elder, red cedar, white elm and cottonwood are among the other varieties found.
Its buildings, arranged around Under the Commonwealth Richard Bennett (elected by General Assembly)1652-1655Edward Digges (elected by House of Burgesses)1655-1657Samuel Mathews (elected by House of Bur gesses).1657-1660Under the Crown Sir William Berkeley, Governor.1660-1677Francis Morrison (or Moryson), Deputy Governor.
A cow licked the hoar-frost, whence rose Bur, whose children, Odin, Vile and Ve, slew the giant Ymir.
The cedar-wood of Guiana, used for making canoes, is a species of the natural order Bur seraceae, Icica altissima.