Burr

·noun A triangular chisel.

II. Burr ·noun A small circular saw.

III. Burr ·noun The lobe or lap of the ear.

IV. Burr ·noun A prickly seed vessel. ·see Bur, 1.

V. Burr ·noun The lobe of the ear. ·see Burr, ·noun, 5.

VI. Burr ·noun The Sweetbread.

VII. Burr ·noun A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.

VIII. Burr ·noun The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.

IX. Burr ·noun A ring of iron on a lance or spear. ·see Burr, ·noun, 4.

X. Burr ·noun The knot at the bottom of an antler. ·see Bur, ·noun, 8.

XI. Burr ·vi To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.

XII. Burr ·noun A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank;

— used by dentists.

XIII. Burr ·noun The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. ·see Burr, ·noun, 2.

XIV. Burr ·noun A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

XV. Burr ·noun 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.

XVI. Burr ·noun 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.

XVII. Burr ·noun Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.

XVIII. Burr ·noun 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.