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burred

  [burd]
Use Burred in a Sentence
–adjective
1. prickly or rough in texture.
2. having a bur or burs.
Origin:
1905–10; bur 1 + -ed 2

bur

1  [bur] noun, verb, burred, bur⋅ring.
–noun
1. a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
2. any bur-bearing plant.
3. something that adheres like a bur.
4. Machinery. burr 1 (defs. 1, 3).
5. Dentistry. a rotary cutting tool usually of steel or other hard metal shaped into a shank and a head, for removing carious material from teeth and preparing cavities for filling.
6. Surgery. a cutting tool resembling that of a dentist, used for the excavation of bone.
–verb (used with object)
7. to extract or remove burs from.
Origin:
1300–50; ME burre, appar. c. Dan burre, Norw, Sw borre bur

burr

1  [bur]
–noun
1. Also, buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
2. a rough or irregular protuberance on any object, as on a tree.
3. a small, hand-held, power-driven milling cutter, used by machinists and die makers for deepening, widening, or undercutting small recesses.
4. a lump of brick fused or warped in firing.
–verb (used with object)
5. to form a rough point or edge on.
6. deburr.
Also, bur (for defs. 1, 3).

Origin:
1605–15; sp. var. of bur 1

burr

3  [bur]
–noun
1. a pronunciation of the r-sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
2. a pronunciation of the r-sound as an alveolar flap or trill, as in Scottish English.
3. any pronunciation popularly considered rough or nonurban.
4. a whirring noise.
–verb (used without object)
5. to speak with a burr.
6. to speak roughly, indistinctly, or inarticulately.
7. to make a whirring sound.
–verb (used with object)
8. to pronounce (words, sounds, etc.) with a burr.
Origin:
1750–60; appar. both imit. and associative, the sound being thought of as rough like a bur
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burr 1   (bûr)   
n.  

  1. A rough edge or area remaining on material, such as metal, after it has been cast, cut, or drilled.

  2. Variant of bur1.

tr.v.   burred, burr·ing, burrs

  1. To form a burr on.

  2. To remove burrs from.


[Variant of bur1.]
burr 2 also bur   (bûr)   
n.  

  1. A trilling of the letter r, usually made with the tip of the tongue and characteristic of Scottish speech.

  2. A buzzing or whirring sound.

v.   burred, burr·ing, burrs also burs

v.   tr.
To pronounce with a burr.
v.   intr.

  1. To speak with a burr.

  2. To make a buzzing or whirring sound.


[Imitative.]
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Word Origin & History

bur 
"prickly seed vessel of some plants," c.1330, burre, from Scand. (cf. Dan. borre, Sw. hard-borre, O.N. burst "bristle"), from PIE *bhors- (see bristle). Transferred 1611 to "rough edge on metal," which may have been the source of the sense "rough sound of the letter -r-" (see burr).

burr 
"rough sound of the letter -r-" (especially that common in Northumberland), 1760, later extended to "northern accented speech" in general. Possibly the sound of the word is imitative of the speech peculiarity itself, or it was adapted from one of the senses of bur (q.v.), perhaps from the phrase to have a bur in (one's) throat (1393), which was a figure of speech for "feel a choking sensation, huskiness." The Scottish -r- is a lingual trill, not a true burr.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bur
Pronunciation: 'b&r
Function: noun
1 usually burr : a small surgical cutting tool (as for making an opening inbone)
2 : a bit used on a dental drill

Main Entry: burr
variant of BUR
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

bur or burr (bûr)
n.

  1. A rotary cutting instrument used in dentistry for excavating decay, shaping cavity forms, and reducing tooth structure.

  2. A drilling tool for enlarging a trephine hole in the cranium.

burr (bûr)
n.
Variant of bur.

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