A prickly seed vessel. See
Bur, 1.
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.
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.
A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below
the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
The lobe or lap of the ear.
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.
The knot at the bottom of an antler. See
Bur,
n., 8.
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