burr

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• Burr

  ·noun A triangular chisel. II. Burr ·noun A small circular saw. III. Burr ·noun The lobe or lap of...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• burr

  A hanger on, or dependant; an allusion to the field burrs, which are not easily got rid of. Also the...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• burr

  The iris or hazy circle which appears round the moon before rain. Also, a Manx or Gaelic term for ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Burr millstone

  ·- ·see <<Buhrstone>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Burr Street

  South-west out of Nightingale Lane to Lower East Smithfield at No 25 (P.O. Directory). Earliest men...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• burr-stone

  A species of silex or quartz occurring in morphous masses, partly compact, but containing many irreg...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• burr-pump

  A name of the bilge-pump. ...

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