Thesaurus: burl

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1. v. t. To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
2. n. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
3. n. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
4. n. the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
5. n. a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
6. n. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
7. v. remove the burls from cloth
8. To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth. 1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth. 2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
9. To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loosethreads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Burling iron, a peculiarkind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.
10. v:25/n:75 n. the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer n. a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree v. remove the burls from cloth