1) Actor Ives 2) Actor-singer Ives 3) An Ives 4) Arboreal outgrowth 5) Balladeer Ives 6) Blue Tail Fly singer Ives 7) Bump on a log 8) English boy name 9) Fiber knot 10) Folk singer ives 11) Folksinger Ives 12) Folksy Ives 13) Growth on a tree trunk 14) Ives of East of Eden 15) Ives of folk music 16) Ives of The Big Country
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1) Ives 2) Knar 3) Slub
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A burl (American English) or bur or burr (used in all non-US English speaking countries) is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds. A burl results from a tree undergoing some form of stress. ...
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[given name] Burl is the given name of: ...
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• (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. • (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth. • (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
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A tree knot or natural grain, sometimes as result of a cancer, featuring extremely unique and beautiful patterning. Woodworkers prize burl wood for many applications where appearance is of the utmost importance. Burl wood is inherently unstable and may impart uncontrollable checks or warping. Common practice is to shave burl wood into veneers to av...
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(from the article `Native American art`) ...of long strips, useful for necklaces, belts, panels, and headbands. Fabric, especially ribbon, appliqué is an important art in the Great Lakes ...
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1. A hard, woody outgrowth on a tree, more or less rounded in form, usually resulting from the entwined growth of a cluster of buds. Such burls are the source of the highly figured burl veneers used for purely ornamental purposes. 2. In lumber or veneer, a localised severe distortion of the grain generally rounded in outline
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Bulges and irregular growths that form on the trunks and roots of trees. Burls are highly sought after for the incredible veneer they yield and are used in turning as well.
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a woody swelling where the stem joins the roots
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Burl noun 1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
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Burl transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Burled ; present participle & verbal noun Burling .] [ Middle English burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; confer French bourlet , bourrelet , Old French bourel
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An abnormal growth on trees usually near the base of the trunk or crotch which is usually cut for veneer because of it's figured pattern.
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Wood from an abnormal or diseased portion of a tree root or trunk (often caused by injury to the bark). Burl wood is highly prized for furniture design because the grain exhibits spectacular mottled or speckled patterns that are used to create the beautiful veneers found in formal and provincial furniture. Although rare, burls are most often found ...
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A burl is a knot in wood. The term is used in veneering to refer to an overgrown knot in the wood.
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Burl is Australian slang for a try, an attempt.
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a knotty growth from a tree with a convoluted, complex grain.
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n] - the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth 2. [n] - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree 3. [v] - remove the burls from cloth
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The American term for a growth on a tree which we in Britain call a burr. See also: burr (1)
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noun a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
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a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth. · a dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree; a wartlike structure sometimes 2 ft. (0.6 m) across and 1 ft. (0.3 m) or more in height, sliced to make veneer.
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