BURL
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Burl (b&û;rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b&û;rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre. √92. See Bur.] To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.
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Burl, n. 1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
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2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
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