Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design.
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Examples for "burr"
Examples for "burr"
1There was a gentle 'burr' from the telephone in the next room.
2The prime minister concluded with his rough burr; and Armitage laughed outright.
3Like any other serious espresso bar, we used a conical burr grinder.
4The burr in the voice did not escape the other's attentive ear.
5He dropped the burr and sealed the unspoken covenant upon her lips.
1He wanted to meet her, bur would she want to meet him?
2The graft now in its third year is bearing one big bur.
3I threw a bur upon his coat now-and-then; but none would stick.
4Curtail a bur, and leave to plague; curtail again, and leave plants.
5And she stuck to the heralds like a bur to a sheep.
1My face is ash-color'd, my sinews gnarl, away from me people retreat.
2I leaned against a gnarl in the olive tree behind.
3Gnarled oaks and short dense evergreens cast tiny shadows across the path.
4A tall familiar figure walking with a staff of twisted gnarled wood.
5Mature trees crowned the rise, gripping it in gnarled fists of roots.
1It was found that it came in elm burl shipments from Europe.
2You know why, of course-thoseburl panels in your dining room.
3For hauling, it's nice to have the burl-theballistics-nylonexterior and tough nylon shell.
4The Tendon is a top-of-the-line skinny cord with added burl for a longer life.
5Lots of color and finish choices, like faux walnut burl.
6Past that I saw Tempi position himself behind the trunk of a thick burl oak.
7I'll make Rondeau confess; perhaps he'll even tell me who sent him after the burl.
8Pearl's inside trim was gaudy, gleaming burl wood and her seats were covered in maroon calfskin.
9It was a big, burl-maple box, designed after the hope chests that he saw advertised in magazines.
10He became aware of a muffled hacking sound, like a kitten gagging on a burl of fur.
11He patted the upholstery and ran a finger along the gleaming polished burl walnut of the dashboard.
12Proprietary Phasic AR-X fabric is tough and breathable, but Enduraflex added to high-wear areas upped the burl factor.
13Rondeau felled a tree in our Valley of the Giants to get that burl for you, Colonel Pennington.
14The shotgun was English made and had damascus barrels and engraved locks and the stock was burl mahogany.
15Despite all this burl, the Cobra weighs a relatively light 1 lb., 5 oz.
16Those panels are positively the largest and most beautiful specimens of redwood burl ever turned out in this country.