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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 burrs in a Sentence
Often tables and chairs have little burrs that can catch your dress.
The burrs on each head of the burdock plant tend to catch on the fur of passing animals which helps the seeds spread.
The Minnesota cedar logs are left with their natural marks made from nature and could include bug trails and insect tracks, checking, fire scars, elk rubs, burrs or burls.
If you allow your dog to run the fields, as most Welshes love to do, be sure to brush burrs and other debris out of his coat upon his return.
For best results, replace the burrs annually so they grind the coffee beans properly.
Turning now to outgrowths of a woody nature, the well-known burrs or knaurs, so common on elms and other trees are cases in point.
There are many Varieties of burrs, though all woody outgrowths of old trees are not to be confounded with them, e.g.
They were like burrs in his shoes, but he couldn't yet go after them until he'd learned to control his new power.
Excrescences may be divided into those occurring on herbaceous tissues, of which Galls are well-known examples, and those found on the woody stem, branches, &c., and themselves eventually woody, of which Burrs of various kinds afford common illustrations.
We also went nutting, and I helped them open the chestnut burrs and break the shells of hickory-nuts and walnuts--the big, sweet walnuts!