Definition of burr

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Burr (n.) 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..

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Burrel :: Burrel (n.) Same as Borrel.
Burr :: Burr (n.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.
Latibulum :: Latibulum (n.) A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.
Burry :: Burry (a.) Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool..
Aard-vark :: Aard-vark (n.) An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue..
Burhel :: Burhel (n.) Alt. of Burrhe.
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..
Burrow :: Burrow (n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A triangular chisel.
Fossorial :: Fossorial (a.) Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal..
Mole :: Mole (v. t.) To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth..
Burrower :: Burrower (n.) One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal..
Scaphopda :: Scaphopda (n. pl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha..
Burrowed :: Burrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Burro.
Burrow :: Burrow (n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
Burr :: Burr (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8..
Wharling :: Wharling (n.) A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6..
Burr :: Burr (n.) 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..
Wombat :: Wombat (n.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots..
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