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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.
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Burrs
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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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; apparently both imitative and associative, the sound being thought of as rough like a bur
1750–60; apparently both imitative and associative, the sound being thought of as rough like a bur
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDfrom the phrase to have a bur in (one's) throat (late 14c.), which was a figure of speech for "feel a choking sensation, huskiness." The Scottish -r- is a lingual trill, not a true burr.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
burr (bûr)
n.
Variant of bur.
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Science Dictionary
bur also burr  (bûr) Pronunciation Key
A type of pseudocarp in which the outer surface possesses hooks or barbs. Burs become caught in the feathers or hair of animals, which then carry them away to disperse the seeds. |
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