burr

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Burred p. pr. & vb. n. Burring. ] To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bur. ] (Bot.) 1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The lobe or lap of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. [ Probably of imitative origin. ] 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 burr, Northumberland burr, or Tweedside burr. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. burel reddish (cf. Borel, n.), or F. beurré butter pear, fr. beurre butter. Cf. Butter. ] A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Borrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From its reddish color. See 1st Burrel. ] (Zool.) The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture. ] (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel). [ 1913 Webster ]