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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Burr

/(bûr)/ · IPA /bɝ/
01 n. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
  1. 1.
    A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.(Bot.) See: Bur
  2. 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.
    “The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.” — Tomlinson.
  3. 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.
  4. 4.
    A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
  5. 5.
    The lobe or lap of the ear.
  6. 6.
    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. Also: Newcastle burr, Northumberland burr, Tweedside burr
  7. 7.
    The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8. See: Bur
02 v. i. To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
imp. & p. p. Burred; p. pr. & vb. n. Burring
  1. 1.
    To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.