Burr

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.

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

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

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

The sweetbread.

A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.

A small circular saw.

A triangular chisel.

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

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

A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.

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.

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.

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

The lobe or lap of the ear.

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.

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

To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.

rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting

seed vessel having hooks or prickles

rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece