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Burr (b&û;r), n. [See Bur.] (Bot.) 1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
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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.
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The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. Tomlinson.
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3. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
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4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
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5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
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6. [Probably of imitative origin.] 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 burr, Northumberland burr, or Tweedside burr.
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7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
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Burr (&unr_;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burred (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Burring.] To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. Mrs. Browning.
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