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Webster 1913 Edition
Burl
Burl
(bûrl)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Burled
(bûrld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burling
.] [OE.
burle
stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F. bourlet
, bourrelet
, OF. bourel
, a wreath or a roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre
. √92. See Bur
.] To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
Burling iron
, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.
Burl
,Noun.
1.
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
2.
An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
Webster 1828 Edition
Burl
BURL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pick knots and loose threads off from cloth.Definition 2024
burl
burl
English
Alternative forms
- burr (UK)
Noun
burl (plural burls)
- A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
- Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
- A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Translations
tree growth
Verb
burl (third-person singular simple present burls, present participle burling, simple past and past participle burled)
- To remove the knots in cloth.