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Burl

verb

(past & past part. burled; pres. part. burling)

Remove the burls from cloth.

noun

The wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer.

A large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree.

Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design. Synonyms: knot, slub.

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"Burl" Quotes from Famous Books

... last within a hundred feet of the ruin, and saw people lifting up the engine and removing a limp figure. Just then two people stepped in his way. He did not turn out but rushed straight at them, rather glad to have something to burl aside in his blind anger, nor did he notice that one was a woman. Harry's plunge carried him between them and knocked both down, just as he had often bowled over the "interference" in his football games. On he lurched, wondering ...

— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard

... Tommy Burl's eyes denoted the extreme of candor. "It was suggested to me that your views upon the police, while interesting and even important, ...

— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... at an hour which gave her sufficient time to dress for dinner, but no margin for welcoming visitors. In consequence she only saw Drake at the dinner-table. She saw little of him afterwards, for Mr. Le Mesurier pounced upon him after dinner. 'I want to introduce you to Burl,' he said. 'He's Parliamentary agent for the Northern Counties. There's a constituency in Yorkshire where my brother lives, and I rather think ...

— The Philanderers • A.E.W. Mason