Meaning of BURL
| Pronunciation: | | burl
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- [n] soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- [n] a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
- [n] the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
- [v] remove the burls from cloth
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| | Synonyms: | | knot, slub |
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| | See Also: | | burl, enation, plant process, remove, roughness, take, take away, tree, withdraw, wood | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Burl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Burling}.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F.
bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth,
linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre.
[root]92. See {Bur}.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
{Burling iron}, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
\Burl\, n.
1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also,
veneer made from such excrescences.
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| | Related Terms: | | bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, button, cahot, chine, clump, condyle, convex, dowel, ear, flange, flap, gall, gnarl, handle, hill, hump, hunch, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip, loop, lump, mole, mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, rib, ridge, ring, shoulder, spine, stud, style, tab, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, welt |
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