·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.
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.