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burred

  [burd]
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–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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