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Burr   /bər/   Listen
Burr

noun
1.
Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.  Synonym: bur.
2.
Rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting.
3.
United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836).  Synonym: Aaron Burr.
4.
Rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece.
5.
Small bit used in dentistry or surgery.  Synonym: bur.
verb
(past & past part. burred; pres. part. burring)
1.
Remove the burrs from.  Synonym: bur.



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"Burr" Quotes from Famous Books



... now you would divorce all that goodness; and why? For a little lechery of revenge? It's a lie. The burr that sticks in your throat is a throne. Let him out of his mess of kingdoms cut out but one, and lay Sicily, Aragon or Naples or any else upon your trencher , and you will praise bastard for the sweetest wine in the world, and call for another quart of it. 'Tis not because ...
— The Noble Spanish Soldier • Thomas Dekker
... ridge is a barren waste, over which loose rocks are scattered in every direction, while a wavy effect due to the action of wind is plainly visible over the surface of the ground. The steep, descending sides are very soft and sodden, supporting a scanty growth of vegetation, including the small burr known as ...
— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson
... the fellow looked away from Janice, fixing his eyes on Mrs. Meredith. Then he bowed easily and gracefully, saying, "Thank you." Apparently unconscious that for a moment he had left the Somerset burr off his tongue and the rustic pretence from his manner, he followed ...
— Janice Meredith • Paul Leicester Ford
... again, and there'll be trouble," he said sharply, and there was an oddly furious burr in ...
— The Night Riders - A Romance of Early Montana • Ridgwell Cullum
... have laid his life down for him, because happy, careless Ned had Nellie's eyes and Nellie's mouth, and in the tones of his voice he heard hers. So as he sat on the deck, with his brother's head upon his knees, he swore to "get even" with Martin Newman, as well as with Captain Lucy and cooper Burr, for as he watched the pale face of the lad it seemed to him to grow strangely like that ...
— Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories - 1898 • Louis Becke


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