burl

1. v. t. To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Source: opted

2. n. A knot or lump in thread or cloth. Source: opted

3. n. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences. Source: opted

4. n. the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer Source: wordnet

5. n. a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree Source: wordnet

6. n. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design Source: wordnet

7. v. remove the burls from cloth Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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