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burr 1
(bûr)n.
1. A rough edge or area remaining on material, such as metal, after it has been cast, cut, or drilled.
2. Variant of bur1.
tr.v. burred, burr·ing, burrs
1. To form a burr on.
2. To remove burrs from.
[Variant of bur.]
burr 2
also bur (bûr)n.
1. A trilling of the letter r, usually made with the tip of the tongue and characteristic of Scottish speech.
2. A buzzing or whirring sound.
v. burred, burr·ing, burrs also burs
v.tr.
To pronounce with a burr.
v.intr.
1. To speak with a burr.
2. To make a buzzing or whirring sound.
[Imitative.]
burr 3
also bur (bûr)n.
A washer that fits around the smaller end of a rivet.
[Middle English burre, ring, disk, alteration of burwhe, circle, disk.]
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burr
(bɜː)n
1. (Tools) a small power-driven hand-operated rotary file, esp for removing burrs or for machining recesses
2. (Mechanical Engineering) a rough edge left on a workpiece after cutting, drilling, etc
3. a rough or irregular protuberance, such as a burl on a tree
4. (Furniture) Brit a burl on the trunk or root of a tree, sliced across for use as decorative veneer
n, vb
(Botany) a variant spelling of bur
vb (tr)
5. (Mechanical Engineering) to form a rough edge on (a workpiece)
6. (Mechanical Engineering) to remove burrs from (a workpiece) by grinding, filing, etc; deburr
[C14: variant of bur]
burr
(bɜː)n
1. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics an articulation of (r) characteristic of certain English dialects, esp the uvular fricative trill of Northumberland or the retroflex r of the West of England
2. a whirring sound
vb
3. (Phonetics & Phonology) to pronounce (words) with a burr
4. to make a whirring sound
[C18: either special use of bur (in the sense: rough sound) or of imitative origin]
burr
(bɜː) orbur
n
1. (General Engineering) a washer fitting around the end of a rivet
2. (Metallurgy) a blank punched out of sheet metal
[C16 (in the sense: broad ring on a spear): variant of burrow (in obsolete sense: borough)]
burr
(bɜː) ,buhr
orbur
n
1. (Geological Science) short for buhrstone
2. (Geological Science) a mass of hard siliceous rock surrounded by softer rock
[C18: probably from bur, from its qualities of roughness]
Burr
(bɜː)n
(Biography) Aaron. 1756–1836, US vice-president (1800–04), who fled after killing a political rival in a duel and plotted to create an independent empire in the western US; acquitted (1807) of treason
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burr1
(bɜr)n.
1. a protruding ragged edge raised on metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
2. a rough protuberance on any object.
3. a hand-held rotary power tool used to cut small recesses.
v.t. 4. to form a rough point or edge on.
5. to remove burrs from.
Also, bur (for defs. 1,3). [1605–15; sp. variant of bur]
burr2
(bɜr)n.
1. a washer placed at the head of a rivet.
2. a blank punched out of sheet metal.
[1375–1425; late Middle English burrewez (pl.), buruhe circle, variant of brough round tower, metathetic variant of burgh]
burr3
(bɜr)n.
1. a pronunciation of (r) as a uvular trill, as in some Northern English dialects.
2. a pronunciation of (r) as an alveolar flap or trill, as in Scottish English.
3. a whirring noise.
v.i. 4. to speak with a burr.
5. to make a whirring sound.
v.t. 6. to pronounce with a burr.
[1750–60; imitative]
Burr
(bɜr)n.
Aaron, 1756–1836, vice president of the U.S. 1801–05.
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burr
Past participle: burred
Gerund: burring
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burr
Past participle: burred
Gerund: burring
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| burr |
| burr |
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burr
A rough, upturned edge made by an engraver’s burin or needle. It gives a soft, rich line to drypoint, but is removed when sharp line is required as in line engraving.
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| Noun | 1. |  burr - seed vessel having hooks or pricklespericarp, seed vessel - the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary beggar-ticks, Spanish needles - the seed of bur marigolds |
| 2. | burr - rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting projection - any structure that branches out from a central support | |
| 3. |  Burr - 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) | |
| 4. | burr - rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece power tool - a tool driven by a motor | |
| 5. | burr - small bit used in dentistry or surgery bit - the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit" burr drill, dentist's drill - a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth | |
| Verb | 1. | burr - remove the burrs from |
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burr
also burnounverb
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burr
n. taladro; [dentistry] fresa;
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