Definition of burl

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Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth..

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Hurly-burly :: Hurly-burly (n.) Tumult; bustle; confusion.
Burly :: Burly (a.) Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky..
Intermede :: Intermede (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera..
Burlap :: Burlap (n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc..
Burling :: Burling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bur.
Redoubtable :: Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque..
Valentine :: Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day..
Liquidambar :: Liquidambar (n.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor..
Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..
Burl :: Burl (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences..
Travesty :: Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
Callithump :: Callithump (n.) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque.
Macaronic :: Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots..
Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
Wight :: Wight (n.) A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language..
Burlesqued :: Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesqu.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Burled :: Burled (imp. & p. p.) of Bur.
Caricature :: Caricature (v. t.) A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
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