Definition of burr

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Burr (n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2..

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Unburrow :: Unburrow (v. t.) To force from a burrow; to unearth.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow..
Tumbledung :: Tumbledung (n.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it..
Shieldtail :: Shieldtail (n.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated..
Latibulum :: Latibulum (n.) A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.
Burr :: Burr (n.) 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..
Burr :: Burr (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8..
Woodchuck :: Woodchuck (n.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog..
Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..
Burr Millstone :: Burr millstone () See Buhrstone.
Burr :: Burr (n.) A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
Burrow :: Burrow (n.) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
Mole :: Mole (v. t.) To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth..
Zokor :: Zokor (n.) An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.
Earth :: Earth (v. t.) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den..
Burrel Shot :: Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A triangular chisel.
Fossorial :: Fossorial (a.) Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal..
Blindworm :: Blindworm (n.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder..
Burrow :: Burrow (v. i.) To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits..
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