Burl

[bɜːl] or [bɝl]

Definition

(noun.) a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree.

(noun.) the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer.

(verb.) remove the burls from cloth.

Typist: Paul--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.

(n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

(n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.

Typed by Gus

Definition

n. a small knot in thread a knot in wood.—v.t. to pick knots &c. from in finishing cloth.—ns. Bur′ling-ī′ron; Bur′ling-machine′.—adj. Bur′ly knotty.

Typist: Maura