burr
See also: Burr
English
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Pronunciation
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- Homophones: Burr, brr
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- 1852, Charles Tomlinson, “Engraving”, in Cyclopædia of Useful Arts & Manufactures[1], page 607:
- But the graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- The ear lobe.
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
sliver or splinter
seed pod with sharp features
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material left on an edge after cutting
- Irish: (please verify) burra m
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Etymology 2
Onomatopoeia, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- A rough humming sound.
- A uvular "r".
Translations
rough humming sound
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mispronouncion of "r"
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Verb
burr (third-person singular simple present burrs, present participle burring, simple past and past participle burred)
- (transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".
- (intransitive) To make a rough humming sound.
- 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
- The first thing Lucy noticed as she went in was a burring sound, and the first thing she saw was a kind-looking old she-beaver sitting in the corner with a thread in her mouth working busily at her sewing machine, and it was from it that the sound came.
- 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
Translations
to pronounce "r"
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Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter IV, in Le Morte Darthur, book XXI::
- And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes
- 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry:
- burr or ring of iron behind the hand
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia:
- The front of it was defended by an iron-plate, called a vam-plat, that is, an avant-plate, and behind it was a broad iron ring, called a burr.
- 2003, Thomas Howard Crofts, Fifteenth-century Malory, page 290:
- We are made to witness a cathartic shuffling-off of mortalities and of hatreds: Mordred's pulling himself up to the 'burr' of Arthur's spear is Malory's own detail and one of the most memorable in the book.
- 2012, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur:
- And when his body was against the burr of the spear, he took his sword in both his hands and he swung the sword above his head, and he smote King Arthur with the edge of the sword upon the helmet.
- 2015, James B. Tschen-Emmons, Artifacts from Medieval Europe, page 280:
- Many saddles, especially those for use on warhorses, had high burr plates and cantles. this was especially important when knights began using stirrups and the couched lance.
Etymology 4
From burl.
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Standard, Tosk) burrë
Noun
burr
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