1. Verb
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
2. Noun
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
3. Noun
An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
4. Noun
a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
5. Noun
the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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