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Burl   /bərl/   Listen
Burl

noun
1.
The wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer.
2.
A large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree.
3.
Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design.  Synonyms: knot, slub.





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"Burl" Quotes from Famous Books



... at an hour which gave her sufficient time to dress for dinner, but no margin for welcoming visitors. In consequence she only saw Drake at the dinner-table. She saw little of him afterwards, for Mr. Le Mesurier pounced upon him after dinner. 'I want to introduce you to Burl,' he said. 'He's Parliamentary agent for the Northern Counties. There's a constituency in Yorkshire where my brother lives, and I rather think ...
— The Philanderers • A.E.W. Mason


Words linked to "Burl" :   take, roughness, take away, remove, wood, raggedness, withdraw, plant process, tree, enation


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