Burr to Bushelman
(Burr) n. [See Bur.] (Bot.)
1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
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.
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. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
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, Northumberland,
or Tweedside, burr.
7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
(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.
(Bur"rel) n. [Cf. OF. burel reddish or F. beurré butter pear, fr. beurre butter. Cf. Butter.] A
sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.
(Bur"rel), n. Same as Borrel.
(Bur"rel fly`) [From its reddish color. See 1st Burrel.] (Zoöl.) The botfly or gadfly of cattle See
(Bur"rel shot`) [Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F.
bourreler to sting, torture.] (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from
a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [R.]
(Burr"ing ma*chine") A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
(Burr" mill"stone`) See Buhrstone.
(Bur"ro) n. [Sp., an ass.] (Zoöl.) A donkey. [Southern U.S.]
(Bur"rock) n. [Perh. from AS. burg, burh, hill + -ock.] A small weir or dam in a river to direct
the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed. Knight.
(Bur"row) n. [See 1st Borough.]
1. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
2. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
3. (Mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
(Bur"row), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Burrowing.]