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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Burl  \Burl\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Burled};  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. 
  [root]92.  See  {Bur}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Burl  \Burl\,  n. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  burl 
  n  1:  the  wood  cut  from  a  tree  burl  or  outgrowth;  often  used 
  decoratively  in  veneer 
  2:  a  large  rounded  outgrowth  on  the  trunk  or  branch  of  a  tree 
  3:  soft  lump  or  unevenness  in  a  yarn;  either  an  imperfection  or 
  created  by  design  [syn:  {slub},  {knot}] 
  v  :  remove  the  burls  from  cloth 




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