Look up: burr

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   Burr
   Burr is a village in Otoe County Nebraska, USA.
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   Burr
   A large wart-like growth, with twigs sprouting from it, found on the trunk of a tree. Internally the wood tissue is very confused and usually contains numerous dormant bud formations. The wood cut from a burr usually shows very attractive figure and is very highly prized by turners.
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   Burr
   A fine upstanding strip of metal left on the edge of a tool after grinding or the use of a ticketer. (It is sometime called a wire edge.) This can be honed off but many turners make use of the burr on a scraper to produce a very fine finishing cut.
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   burr
   [n] - United States politician who served as Vice President under Jefferson 2. [n] - rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece 3. [n] - rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
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   Burr
   a) The sharp edge left on metal after cutting or punching. b) A rotary cutting tool designed to be attached to a drill.
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   Burr
   The sharp edge left on metal after cutting or punching.
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   burr
   A thin, ragged piece of metal produced during a machining operation which has been left on the edge of a piece of metal.
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   burr
   a) a woody excrescence on a bole, branch, buttress, or rhizome, having a highly contorted grain; b) the characteristically contorted figure obtained therefrom, sometimes including numerous small knot-like growths ('eyes') Category: Botany and zoology • a rough edge, especially of a drilled hole or the like; a fin is a ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mould C...
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   burr
   1 Knotty whorls in the grain of wood where there were dense, fibrous swellings on the trunk or roots of a tree, which were used in decorative veneers. See PARQUETRY. 2 See DRYPOINT
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    Burr
    Burr noun [ See Bur .] (Botany) 1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur , 1. 2. 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. « The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs . Tomlinson.< ...
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    Burr
    Burr intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Burred ; present participle & verbal noun Burring .] To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. Mrs. Browning.
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    burr
    A rough or prickly propagule consisting of a seed or fruit and associated floral parts or bracts. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    burr
    noun rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
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    Burr
    Aaron Burr noun 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)
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    Burr
    `Burr` may refer to: ;Things * Burr (fruit), a type of seed or fruit with short, stiff bristles or hooks * The Burr distribution, a continuous probability distribution * A burr (metal), a deformation of metal wherein a raised edge forms on a metal part which has been machined * Burr wood, a deformed type of wood in which the grain has been misformed * A burr (cutter), a small cutter used in rotary tools for metalworking * A burr puzzle, a type o...
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    burr
    (bur) bur.
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    Burr
    • (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8. • (n.) The lobe or lap of the ear. • (n.) The sweetbread. • (n.) A triangular chisel. • (n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4. • (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1. • (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used ...
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    Burr
    Burr is a Swedish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Youth` Burr doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Burr appeared In the top-1000 was 128 years ago, In 1880. It ranked #576 In that year. . 1880 was a `top year` for the name Burr. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #576. Our records go back to
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    burr
    Syn: bur
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    burr
    
    1. seed vessel having hooks or prickles
    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)
    4. rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
    5. small bit used in dentistry or surgery
    
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