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burled

[ burld ]

adjective

  1. having burls that produce a distorted grain:

    burled lumber.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of burled1

First recorded in 1920–25; burl + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

I could not rest in my grave, though they burled me fathoms deep, if you ever called another—wife!

A spurt of smoke entered at one of the holes, and a bullet burled itself in the opposite wall.

Every few years, as one might say, the Auld Licht kirk gave way and burled its minister.

There is nothing that has a more vulgar look than an overdone imitation of burled walnut.

Not so with burled walnut or root walnut of either the European or the American varieties.

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