Burr

[bɜː]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting.

(noun.) rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece.

(noun.) United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836).

贝莎整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.

(n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.

(n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.

(n.) The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.

(n.) The sweetbread.

(n.) A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.

(n.) A small circular saw.

(n.) A triangular chisel.

(n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

(n.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.

(n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.

(n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

(n.) The lobe or lap of the ear.

(n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.

(n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.

(v. i.) To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.

編輯:珀西

解釋/意思:

Same asBur (q.v.).

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