Bur

[bɚ]

解释:

(noun.) small bit used in dentistry or surgery.

(noun.) seed vessel having hooks or prickles.

(verb.) remove the burrs from.

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解释:

(n.) Alt. of Burr

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解释:

n. in an engraving a slight ridge of metal raised on the edges of a line by the graver or the dry point producing an effect like a smear but dexterously used by some etchers as Rembrandt to deepen their shadows.

bur the prickly seed-case or head of certain plants which sticks to clothes: any impediment or inconvenient adherent: any lump ridge &c. more or less sharp a knot on a tree knot in thread knob at the base of a deer's horn &c.: waste raw silk: the sweetbread or pancreas: (Scot.) club-moss: the name for various tools and appliances as the triangular chisel for clearing the corners of mortises &c.: the blank driven out of a piece of sheet-metal by a punch: a partly vitrified brick.—ns. Bur′dock a dock with a bur or prickly head; Bur′-this′tle the spear-thistle.—Bur in the throat something seeming to stick in the throat producing a choking sensation.

n. the rough sound of r pronounced in the throat as in Northumberland—v.i. to whisper hoarsely to murmur.

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